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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-2096 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in OpenStack 2.1 (Folsom). This issue is planned to be addressed in version OpenStack 3.0 (Grizzly). For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 2.1 | openstack-nova | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 | openstack-nova | Will not fix |
| RHOS Essex Release | openstack-nova | Will not fix |
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