CVE-2013-2096

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2096
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-07-09 17:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOpenStack 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Folsom - All All All
Application Openstack Grizzly - All All All
Application Openstack Havana - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenStack Open Source Cloud Computing Software » Message: [openstack-announce] [OSSA 2013-012] Nova fails to verify image virtual size (CVE-2013-2096) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.openstack.org Vendor Advisory
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
USN-1831-1: OpenStack Nova vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
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