GHSA-M674-HMX2-FFHQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 04:55 – Updated: 2025-04-12 03:16
VLAI?
Summary
OpenStack Compute (Nova) does not verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image
Details

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) by creating an image with a large virtual size that does not contain a large amount of data.

Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nova"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.0.0a0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-2096"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-04-12T03:16:18Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2013-07-09T17:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) by creating an image with a large virtual size that does not contain a large amount of data.",
  "id": "GHSA-m674-hmx2-ffhq",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T03:16:19Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T04:55:07Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2096"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/0caeb8eaf20abcdc77828f5c6b79fc104619e231"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/44a8aba1d5da87d54db48079103fdef946666d80"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28717"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28901"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://review.openstack.org/#/c/29192"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130726040108/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59924"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-May/000102.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1831-1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "OpenStack Compute (Nova) does not verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image"
}


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