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CVE-2016-2140 OpenStack Nova host data access through resize/migration

MediumCVSS 5.3 EPSS 2.1%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.4 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.3 (liberty), when using raw storage and use_cow_images is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted qcow2 header in an ephemeral or root disk.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pypi nova(PyPI) >= 12.0.0, < 12.0.3 12.0.3
debian/nova(Debian:12) < 2:13.0.0-1 2:13.0.0-1
debian/nova(Debian:13) < 2:13.0.0-1 2:13.0.0-1
debian/nova(Debian:14) < 2:13.0.0-1 2:13.0.0-1
OpenStack Nova >= 12.0.0, < 12.0.3 12.0.3
OpenStack Nova >= 2015.1.0, < 2015.1.4 2015.1.4

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