CVE-2013-6437
Openstack Nova < 2013.1.5 - Resource Management Error
Title source: ruleDescription
The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by creating and deleting instances with unique os_type settings, which triggers the creation of a new ephemeral disk backing file.
Scores
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
62.4%
Classification
CWE
CWE-399
Status
draft
Affected Products (3)
openstack/nova
< 2013.1.5
openstack/nova
pypi/nova
< 12.0.0a0PyPI
Timeline
Published
Mar 06, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026