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CVE-2016-2140GHSA-49JV-37HM-6GFPPYSEC-2026-864

The 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

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Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 12.0.3
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The 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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • novaPyPI

    From 12.0.0 · fixed in 12.0.3

References 4

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security.openstack.org

securityfocus.com

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