CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-4463

LOW
2.1
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
novaDebian
Fixed in:2013.2-3CVE-2013-4463
Fixed in:2013.2-3CVE-2013-4463
Fixed in:2013.2-3CVE-2013-4463
Fixed in:2013.2-3CVE-2013-4463
novaUbuntu
Fixed in:1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.2USN-2247-1
python-novaUbuntu
Fixed in:1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.2USN-2247-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days
29thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 29% of all known CVEs.

References

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