The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.2 through 2013.2.2 does not properly put VMs into RESCUE status, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by requesting the VM be put into rescue and then deleting the image.
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EUVD-2014-0037 | The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.2 through 2013.2.2 does not properly put VMs into RESCUE status, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by requesting the VM be put into rescue and then deleting the image. |
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GHSA-jv34-xvjq-ppch | OpenStack Nova VMWare driver leaks rescued images |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T10:21:35.993Z
Reserved: 2014-03-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-2573

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2014-03-25T16:55:28.677
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2014-2573


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