VulnerabilityModified
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 denial of service (disk consumption) by creating and deleting instances with unique os_type settings, which…
MEDIUM 4.0EPSS 2.04%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.04%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.04% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- openstack/nova
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.