VDB-66551 · CVE-2013-6437 · RHSA-2014:0231

OpenStack Compute up to 2013.2.1 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in OpenStack Compute up to 2013.2.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-6437. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenStack Compute up to 2013.2.1 (Cloud Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 03/06/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.openstack.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-6437 since 11/04/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2013.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Cloud Software

Vendor

OpenStack

Name

Compute

Version

License

free

Website

Vendor: https://www.openstack.org/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Compute 2013.2.1

Timelineinfo

11/04/2013 🔍
03/06/2014 +122 days 🔍
03/06/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +383 days 🔍
05/07/2026 +4062 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: openstack.org

Advisory: RHSA-2014:0231
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2013-6437 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-6437
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66551

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/07/2026 05:01
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (47), 03/07/2019 11:49 (2), 02/03/2022 09:57 (3), 05/07/2026 05:01 (17)
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