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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-4463

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) via a compressed QCOW2 image.

LOW 2.1EPSS 0.37%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) via a compressed QCOW2 image. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2096.

CVSS 2.0
2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
0.37% probability · 31th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
openstack/folsom · openstack/grizzly · openstack/havana
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.