GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-hrv9-4x4c-9jc8 OpenStack Nova DoS through ephemeral disk backing files
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2013-6437
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- nova
- Severity
- Moderate
- Reviewed
- 2024-05-14
Affected packages
• PyPI nova: < 12.0.0a0 → fixed in 12.0.0a0
Description
The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by creating and deleting instances with unique os_type settings, which triggers the creation of a new ephemeral disk backing file.
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Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2013-6437 The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a… vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6437 advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/3e451f1bac57d24e47171cffb3ad59bb1610d836 web
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/6e455cd97f04bf26bbe022be17c57e089cf502f4 web
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ca38774ebcf5b67d16c202c8f218c0c433973ca9 web
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980 web
- https://github.com/openstack/nova package
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.html web
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html web