CVE-2016-2140

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2140
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-12 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:50:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Nova All All All All
Application Openstack Nova All All All All

References

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Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
OpenStack Compute (Nova) CVE-2016-2140 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1313454 – (CVE-2016-2140) CVE-2016-2140 openstack-nova: Host data leak through resize/migration MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
oss-sec: [OSSA 2016-007] Nova host data leak through resize/migration (CVE-2016-2140) MISC seclists.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE-2016-2140 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
OSSA-2016-007: Nova host data leak through resize/migration — OpenStack Security Advisories 2014.2.0.dev101 documentation CONFIRM security.openstack.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bug #1548450 “[OSSA 2016-007] Host data leak during resize/migra...” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: [OSSA 2016-007] Nova host data leak through resize/migration (CVE-2016-2140) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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