CVE-2013-2096
lowpriority · track · 8EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (5)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-m674-hmx2-ffhqOpenStack Compute (Nova) does not verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2026-876OpenStack Compute (Nova) does not verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image2026-07-06vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (20)
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- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-May/000102.htmlcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53305cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53414cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59924cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1831-1cnnvd
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28717/cnnvd
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28901/cnnvd
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/29192/cnnvd
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