CVE-2013-6437 OpenStack Nova DoS through ephemeral disk backing files
MediumCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| pypi nova(PyPI) | < 12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
| debian/nova(Debian:12) | < 2013.2.2 | 2013.2.2 |
| debian/nova(Debian:13) | < 2013.2.2 | 2013.2.2 |
| debian/nova(Debian:14) | < 2013.2.2 | 2013.2.2 |
| OpenStack Nova | >= 2013.1, < 2013.1.5 | 2013.1.5 |
| OpenStack Nova | >= 2013.2, < 2013.2.2 | 2013.2.2 |
| OpenStack Nova | = 2014.1-milestone1 | No fix listed |
References
- nvd.nist.gov third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- github.com patch
- github.com patch
- github.com patch
- bugs.launchpad.net third-party-advisory
- github.com product
- [openstack-announce] 20131218 [OSSA 2013-037] Nova compute DoS through ephemeral disk backing files (CVE-2013-6437) mailing-list patch vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2014:0231 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- pypi.org product
- github.com vendor-advisory
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2013-6437 vendor-advisory