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CVE

CVE-2015-5162

The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0; and Nova before 12.

The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1.

Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0.

and Nova before 12.0.4 and 13.0.0 does not properly limit qemu-img calls, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and disk consumption) via a crafted disk image.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.0361
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

5
openstack cinderall versions
openstack glance<= 11.0.0
openstack glanceall versions
openstack nova<= 12.0.3
openstack novaall versions
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Affected Packages

3
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI cinder HIGH fixed in 7.0.2
PyPI glance HIGH fixed in 14.0.0
PyPI nova HIGH fixed in 12.0.4
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
poclaunchpad.net · 1449062launchpad.net
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD07 Oct 2016 · 02:59 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

7
usnUSN-3449-1
rhsaRHSA-2016:2991Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2016:2923Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2017:0282Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2017:0153Moderate
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2923.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2991.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0153.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0156.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0165.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0282.html
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