CVE-2013-6437

Description

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by creating and deleting instances with unique os_type settings, which triggers the creation of a new ephemeral disk backing file.

Category

4.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.43%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory openstack.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.html mailing list patch vendor advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-6437?
CVE-2013-6437 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-6437?
To fix CVE-2013-6437, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-6437 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2013-6437 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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