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CVE-2016-2140

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.4 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.3 (liberty), when using raw storage and use_cow_images is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted qcow2 header in an ephemeral or root disk.

Published

2016-04-12T14:59:10.120

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	openstack	nova	< 12.0.3	Yes
Application	openstack	nova	< 2015.1.4	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/08/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/08/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)