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CVE-2013-2096

OpenStack Compute (Nova) does not verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image

Impact

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.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
pipnova< 12.0.0a012.0.0a0

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
OpenstackFolsom
All versions
OpenstackGrizzly
All versions
OpenstackHavana
All versions

Weakness classification

References