UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5162

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5162

    Published: 7 Oct 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5162
    Aliases:
    USN-3449-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5162, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3449-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5162

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nova

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nova@1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7

    Affected versions

    1:2013.2~rc2-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High