Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | OpenStack Nova vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-1831-1 | First vendor Publication | 2013-05-16 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2013-05-16 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 2.1 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 13.04 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Nova could be made to crash the system if instances used a specially crafted image. Software Description: - nova: OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure Details: Loganathan Parthipan discovered that Nova did not verify the size of QCOW2 instance storage. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service by creating an image with a large virtual size with little data, then filling the virtual disk. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.04: Ubuntu 12.10: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2012.1.3+stable-20130423-e52e6912-0ubuntu1.1 |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1831-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18300 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18300 | ||
| Title: | USN-1831-1 -- nova vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Nova could be made to crash the system if instances used a specially crafted image. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-1831-1 CVE-2013-2096 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 | Product(s): | nova |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| Application | 1 | |
| Application | 1 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2013-12-14 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2013-22667.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-12-12 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2013-22693.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-07-29 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates. File : fedora_2013-13244.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-05-29 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-1831-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-05-17 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-1831-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:01:58 |
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| 2013-07-10 21:22:29 |
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| 2013-07-10 00:30:13 |
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| 2013-05-24 17:36:21 |
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