OpenStack Nova DoS through ephemeral disk backing files
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.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2013-6437US | medium4.0 | — | ||
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 c… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.htmlWEB
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.htmlWEB
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980WEB
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrv9-4x4c-9jc8ADVISORY
- https://github.com/openstack/novaPACKAGE
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/3e451f1bac57d24e47171cffb3ad59bb1610d836WEB
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/6e455cd97f04bf26bbe022be17c57e089cf502f4WEB
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ca38774ebcf5b67d16c202c8f218c0c433973ca9WEB
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