CVE - CVE-2013-6437

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-6437	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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MISC:RHSA-2014:0231 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html MISC:[openstack-announce] 20131218 [OSSA 2013-037] Nova compute DoS through ephemeral disk backing files (CVE-2013-6437) URL:http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.html MISC:https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980 URL:https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20131104	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20131104)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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