CVE-2015-5162

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5162
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-07 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:50:00 UTC
DescriptionThe image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0; and Nova before 12.0.4 and 13.0.0 does not properly limit qemu-img calls, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and disk consumption) via a crafted disk image.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Cinder 7.0.2 All All All
Application Openstack Cinder 8.0.0 All All All
Application Openstack Cinder 8.1.0 All All All
Application Openstack Cinder 7.0.2 All All All
Application Openstack Cinder 8.0.0 All All All
Application Openstack Cinder 8.1.0 All All All
Application Openstack Glance 11.0.1 All All All
Application Openstack Glance 12.0.0 All All All
Application Openstack Glance 11.0.1 All All All
Application Openstack Glance 12.0.0 All All All
Application Openstack Glance All All All All
Application Openstack Nova 13.0.0 All All All
Application Openstack Nova 13.0.0 All All All
Application Openstack Nova All All All All

References

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Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Bug #1449062 “[OSSA 2016-012] qemu-img calls need to be restrict...” : Bugs : OpenStack Security Advisory CONFIRM launchpad.net Exploit
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
CVE-2015-5162 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - [OSSA 2016-012] Malicious qemu-img input may exhaust resources in Cinder, Glance, Nova (CVE-2015-5162) MLIST www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
1268303 – (CVE-2015-5162) CVE-2015-5162 openstack-nova/glance/cinder: Malicious image may exhaust resources MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
OpenStack qemu-imge CVE-2015-5162 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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