First published: Thu Feb 06 2014(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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pip/nova | <12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
OpenStack Folsom | ||
OpenStack Grizzly | ||
OpenStack Havana |
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CVE-2013-4463 is considered a medium severity vulnerability as it can lead to denial of service due to excessive disk space consumption.
To fix CVE-2013-4463, upgrade to a secure version of the OpenStack Nova package above 12.0.0a0.
CVE-2013-4463 affects OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana.
CVE-2013-4463 allows local users to carry out a denial of service attack by consuming host file system disk space.
Yes, CVE-2013-4463 is related to an incomplete fix from CVE-2013-2096.