Vulnerability CVE-2013-4463

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2013-4463 (CCN-88486)

Assigned:

2013-10-31

Published:

2013-10-31

Updated:

2023-02-13

Summary:

OpenStack Compute (Nova) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error related to the control of the size of disk images. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using malicious compressed qcow2 disk images to consume an overly large amount of disk space.

CVSS v3 Severity:

3.5 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
1.6 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.0 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2013-4463

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2014-0112
Moderate: openstack-nova security and bug fix update

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: OSSA 2013-029
Potential Nova denial of service through compressed disk images (CVE-2013-4463, CVE-2013-4469)

Source: CCN
Type: SA57172
IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator OpenStack Compute (Nova) Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 1667331
IBM Security Bulletin: Potential Nova denial of service through compressed disk images (CVE-2013-4463, CVE-2013-4469) - United States

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: BID-63467
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Compressed 'qcow2' Disk Images Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
openstack-nova-cve20134463-dos(88486)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:openstack:compute:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:openstack:nova-lxd:13.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/a:ibm:smartcloud_orchestrator:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:cloud_orchestrator:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24438	P	USN-2247-1 -- nova vulnerabilities	2014-08-11
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20134463000	V	CVE-2013-4463 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.	2014-02-06
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20134463000	V	CVE-2013-4463 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2014-02-06

BACK