Description
OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using libvirt to spawn instances and use_cow_images is set to false, allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted image and requesting a snapshot.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80176
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0018.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-001.html
Scores
CVSS v3
3.5
EPSS
0.0017
EPSS Percentile
38.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (1)
openstack/nova
12.0.0 - 12.0.1
Published
Jan 12, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026