CVE-2013-4463

Nova: Compressed disk image DoS

Published Feb 6, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) via a compressed QCOW2 image. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2096.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-2506 OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) via a compressed QCOW2 image. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2096.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5644-2v3h-5w4x OpenStack Nova denial of service through compressed disk images
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2247-1 OpenStack Nova vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 4:45 PM
Reserved
Jun 12, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 6, 2014, 5:44 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:57 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 31, 2013, 12:00 AM