Local Denial of Service Vulnerability in OpenStack Compute by OpenStack
CVE-2013-4469

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Openstack
Status: Havana; Grizzly; Folsom
Vendor: CVE Published:; 2 November 2013

Summary

In OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana, a vulnerability arises when the configuration option 'use_cow_images' is disabled. The system fails to verify the virtual size of QCOW2 images, enabling local users to transfer images with large virtual sizes that don't contain a corresponding amount of data. This can lead to significant disruption by consuming host filesystem disk space, which may result in denial of service conditions.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1206081

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/31/3

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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2247-1

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Timeline

Vulnerability published
Nov 2, 2013
Vulnerability Reserved
Jun 12, 2013