CVE-2013-2096

low

Published 2013-07-09 · Modified 2025-04-12

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.1

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2013.1.2-2`
sid	Fixed	`2013.1.2-2`
forky	Fixed	`2013.1.2-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`2013.1.2-2`
bookworm	Fixed	`2013.1.2-2`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	nova	`<12.0.0a0`	`12.0.0a0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
openstack	folsom	`-`
openstack	grizzly	`-`
openstack	havana	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.