Name: CVE-2016-2140: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-2140, CWE-200, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.02108

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade nova	Jul 30, 2024	Apr 12, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade python-nova	Oct 11, 2017	Apr 12, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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