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CVE-2013-6437

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticate

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4 EPSS 0.00434
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

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openstack nova>= 2013.1 and < 2013.1.5
openstack nova>= 2013.2 and < 2013.2.2
openstack novaall versions
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Affected Packages

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Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI nova MODERATE fixed in 12.0.0a0
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD06 Mar 2014 · 03:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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rhsaRHSA-2014:0231Moderate
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980Third Party Advisory
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