Information Exposure Affecting openstack-nova-conductor package, versions <0:2015.1.2-18.2.el7ost


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-OPENSTACKNOVACONDUCTOR-5123004
  • published27 Mar 2023
  • disclosed8 Mar 2016

Introduced: 8 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-2140  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 openstack-nova-conductor to version 0:2015.1.2-18.2.el7ost or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:0363.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openstack-nova-conductor package and not the openstack-nova-conductor package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.4 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.3 (liberty), when using raw storage and use_cow_images is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted qcow2 header in an ephemeral or root disk.

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