CVE-2013-6437
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2013.2.2 |
| sid | Fixed | 2013.2.2 |
| forky | Fixed | 2013.2.2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2013.2.2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2013.2.2 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | nova | <12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
References
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6437
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/3e451f1bac57d24e47171cffb3ad59bb1610d836
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/6e455cd97f04bf26bbe022be17c57e089cf502f4
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ca38774ebcf5b67d16c202c8f218c0c433973ca9
- https://github.com/openstack/nova
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6437
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.