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CVE-2016-2140

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.4 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.3 (liberty), when using raw

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.4 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.3 (liberty), when using raw storage and use_cow_images is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted qcow2 header in an ephemeral or root disk.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.00339
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Weakness Classification

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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Affected Products & Versions

2
openstack nova>= 12.0.0 and < 12.0.3
openstack nova>= 2015.1.0 and < 2015.1.4
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Affected Packages

1
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 12.0.3
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Scoring & Timeline

5.3
MEDIUM · 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 NVD12 Apr 2016 · 02:59 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

6
usnUSN-3449-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:2143-1
rhsaRHSA-2016:0363Important
rhsaRHSA-2016:0364Important
rhsaRHSA-2016:0365Important
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/08/6Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450Third Party Advisory
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
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