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PYSEC-2026-874

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-06 08:03 - Updated: 2026-07-06 08:03

Details

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.

Impacted products

Name	purl
nova	pkg:pypi/nova

Aliases

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nova",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/nova"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.0.0a0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-6437",
    "GHSA-hrv9-4x4c-9jc8"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-874",
  "modified": "2026-07-06T08:03:22.569278Z",
  "published": "2026-07-06T08:03:22.569278Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6437"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/3e451f1bac57d24e47171cffb3ad59bb1610d836"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/6e455cd97f04bf26bbe022be17c57e089cf502f4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ca38774ebcf5b67d16c202c8f218c0c433973ca9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/nova"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrv9-4x4c-9jc8"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "OpenStack Nova DoS through ephemeral disk backing files"
}

CVE-2013-6437 (GCVE-0-2013-6437)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-03-06 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 17:39

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-an…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2013-12-18 00:00

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{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T17:39:01.271Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2014:0231",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "[openstack-announce] 20131218 [OSSA 2013-037] Nova compute DoS through ephemeral disk backing files (CVE-2013-6437)",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.html"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2013-12-18T00:00:00.000Z",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2014-03-06T14:57:00.000Z",
        "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
        "shortName": "redhat"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2014:0231",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "[openstack-announce] 20131218 [OSSA 2013-037] Nova compute DoS through ephemeral disk backing files (CVE-2013-6437)",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.html"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
    "assignerShortName": "redhat",
    "cveId": "CVE-2013-6437",
    "datePublished": "2014-03-06T15:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2013-11-04T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T17:39:01.271Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}

GHSA-HRV9-4X4C-9JC8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:58 – Updated: 2024-05-14 20:53

Summary

OpenStack Nova DoS through ephemeral disk backing files

Details

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nova"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.0.0a0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-6437"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-05-14T20:53:51Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2014-03-06T15:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-hrv9-4x4c-9jc8",
  "modified": "2024-05-14T20:53:51Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:58:45Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6437"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/3e451f1bac57d24e47171cffb3ad59bb1610d836"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/6e455cd97f04bf26bbe022be17c57e089cf502f4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ca38774ebcf5b67d16c202c8f218c0c433973ca9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "OpenStack Nova DoS through ephemeral disk backing files"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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PYSEC-2026-874

CVE-2013-6437 (GCVE-0-2013-6437)

GHSA-HRV9-4X4C-9JC8

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