FKIE_CVE-2016-2140

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-12 14:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:43
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/08/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/08/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openstack nova *
openstack nova *
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