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CVE-2015-5162

Published: Oct 07, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
5 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5162
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0; and Nova before 12.0.4 and 13.0.0 does not properly limit qemu-img calls, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and disk consumption) via a crafted disk image.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
CinderOpenstack7.0.2 (including)7.0.2 (including)
CinderOpenstack8.0.0 (including)8.0.0 (including)
CinderOpenstack8.1.0 (including)8.1.0 (including)
GlanceOpenstack*11.0.0 (including)
GlanceOpenstack11.0.1 (including)11.0.1 (including)
GlanceOpenstack12.0.0 (including)12.0.0 (including)
NovaOpenstack*12.0.3 (including)
NovaOpenstack13.0.0 (including)13.0.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6RedHatopenstack-cinder-0:2014.1.5-9.el6ost*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7RedHatopenstack-cinder-0:2014.1.5-9.el7ost*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7RedHatopenstack-cinder-0:2014.2.4-11.el7ost*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7RedHatopenstack-cinder-0:2015.1.3-12.el7ost*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7RedHatopenstack-glance-0:2015.1.2-3.el7ost*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7RedHatopenstack-nova-0:2015.1.4-32.el7ost*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7RedHatpython-oslo-concurrency-0:1.8.2-2.el7ost*
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)RedHatopenstack-cinder-1:7.0.3-1.el7ost*
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)RedHatopenstack-glance-1:11.0.1-6.el7ost*
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)RedHatopenstack-nova-1:12.0.5-9.el7ost*
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)RedHatopenstack-cinder-1:8.1.1-4.el7ost*
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)RedHatopenstack-glance-1:12.0.0-2.el7ost*
NovaUbuntuprecise*
NovaUbuntutrusty*
NovaUbuntuupstream*
NovaUbuntuvivid*
NovaUbuntuwily*
NovaUbuntuyakkety*

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