# CVE-2014-3608: The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-869, GHSA-92HC-C226-32Q7
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2014.1.3
- Published: 2014-10-06 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- nova (PyPI): fixed in 2014.1.3

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, nova, upgrade to a fixed version (2014.1.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1782.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1781.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1338830
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/65
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70220

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