CVE-2016-2140

medium

Description

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.

References

https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.html

https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/08/6

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-12

Updated: 2023-02-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium