CVE-2013-6437

N/A Unknown
Published: March 06, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
63th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

openstack