Vulnerability in OpenStack Compute
CVE-2014-2573
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.3 (Low). Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (52.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- OpenStack Compute — versions 2013.2, 2013.2.1, 2013.2.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/21/2 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/57498 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1269418
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/21/1 (mailing-list)