CVE-2014-2573
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.11%OpenStack Nova VMWare driver leaks rescued images
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2573
Description
The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.2 through 2013.2.2 does not properly put VMs into RESCUE status, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by requesting the VM be put into rescue and then deleting the image.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/novafrom 0, < 2014.1-9
- PyPI/novafrom 0, < 12.0.0a0
- PyPI/novafrom 0, < 12.0.0a0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (10)
- ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/57498
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2573
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2573
- PATCHhttps://github.com/openstack/nova
- WEBhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1269418
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b3cc3f62a60662e5bb82136c0cfa464592a6afe9
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/efb66531bc37ee416778a70d46c657608ca767af
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2014-113.yaml
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/21/1
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/21/2