CVE-2016-2140
MEDIUM5.3EPSS 0.34%OpenStack Nova host data access through resize/migration
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/novafrom 0, < 2:13.0.0-1
- PyPI/nova>= 12.0.0, < 12.0.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (17)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2140
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2140
- PATCHhttps://github.com/openstack/nova
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0363
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0364
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0365
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0366
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2140
- WEBhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1313454
- WEBhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/563
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/0b194187db9da28225cb5e62be3b45aff5a1c793
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/116b1210ab772c55d1ed1f715687d83877c92701
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/f302bf04ab5dda89cf8ceaeed309006da90c0666
- WEBhttps://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.html
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/08/6
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277