Description
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.
Published: 2016-04-12
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-2346 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-49jv-37hm-6gfp OpenStack Nova host data access through resize/migration
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3449-1 OpenStack Nova vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:17:50.583Z

Reserved: 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2140

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-12T14:59:10.120

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2140

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2140 - Bugzilla

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