CVE-2013-7130 OpenStack Nova Live migration can leak root disk into ephemeral storage

What is CVE-2013-7130?

CVE-2013-7130 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Feb 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Icehouse, when using KVM live block migration, does not properly create all expected files, which allows attackers to obtain snapshot root disk contents of other users via ephemeral storage.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7130?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including nova. It affects 4 products.

Products include Openstack Compute, Openstack Grizzly, Openstack Havana, Openstack Icehouse.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7130?

Upgrade nova to 12.0.0a0 or later.

Is CVE-2013-7130 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7130 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2014-0167 OpenStack Compute (Nova) allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via API requests Medium 6.0
• CVE-2015-2687 OpenStack Compute (Nova) Improper Access Control Medium 4.7
• CVE-2013-4179 OpenStack Compute (Nova) vulnerable to denial of service via XML Entity Expansion attack Medium 4.3
• CVE-2012-2654 OpenStack Compute (Nova) Improper Input Validation Medium 4.3
• CVE-2013-4185 OpenStack Nova Denial of Service in network source security groups Medium 4.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7130, GHSA-99rx-9x8v-9j8p, PYSEC-2014-111.