CVE-2014-2573
Description
The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.2 through 2013.2.2 does not properly put VMs into RESCUE status, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by requesting the VM be put into rescue and then deleting the image.
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 | 2014.1-9 |
| sid | Fixed | 2014.1-9 |
| forky | Fixed | 2014.1-9 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2014.1-9 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2014.1-9 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | nova | <12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57498
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/21/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/21/2
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1269418
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2573
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b3cc3f62a60662e5bb82136c0cfa464592a6afe9
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/efb66531bc37ee416778a70d46c657608ca767af
- https://github.com/openstack/nova
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2014-113.yaml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2573
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.