vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-3449-1 (CVE-2016-2140): OpenStack Nova vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 12, 2016
Added
Oct 11, 2017
Modified
Apr 14, 2025

Description

George Shuklin discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled the
migration process. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-3241)

George Shuklin and Tushar Patil discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly
handled deleting instances. A remote authenticated user could use this
issue to consume disk resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2015-3280)

It was discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly limited qemu-img calls. A
remote authenticated user could use this issue to consume resources,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5162)

Matthew Booth discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled snapshots.
A remote authenticated user could use this issue to read arbitrary files.
(CVE-2015-7548)

Sreekumar S. and Suntao discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly applied
security group changes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
bypass intended restriction changes by leveraging an instance that was
running when the change was made. (CVE-2015-7713)

Matt Riedemann discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled logging.
A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information from log files. (CVE-2015-8749)

Matthew Booth discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled certain
qcow2 headers. A remote authenticated user could possibly use this issue to
read arbitrary files. (CVE-2016-2140)

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-python-nova
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