CVE-2014-3608

Public Exploit

Description

The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by putting the VM into the rescue state, suspending it, which puts into an ERROR state, and then deleting the image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2573.

Category

2.7
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.59%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1782.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1781.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1338830 third party advisory exploit
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/65 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70220 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-3608?
CVE-2014-3608 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-3608?
To fix CVE-2014-3608, 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-2014-3608 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-3608 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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