CVE-2013-6437
N/A
Published: March 6, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNova
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 2013.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2013.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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