UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2140

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2140
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2140.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2140
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Published
2016-04-12T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:25Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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 usecowimages is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted qcow2 header in an ephemeral or root disk.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / nova

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7

Affected versions

1:2013.*

1:2013.2~rc2-0ubuntu1
1:2013.2-0ubuntu1

1:2014.*

1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu1
1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2
1:2014.1~b2-0ubuntu3
1:2014.1~b2-0ubuntu4
1:2014.1~b3-0ubuntu1
1:2014.1~b3-0ubuntu2
1:2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu1
1:2014.1~rc2-0ubuntu1
1:2014.1-0ubuntu1
1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.2
1:2014.1.1-0ubuntu1
1:2014.1.1-0ubuntu2
1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1
1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1.1
1:2014.1.3-0ubuntu1
1:2014.1.3-0ubuntu1.1
1:2014.1.3-0ubuntu2
1:2014.1.4-0ubuntu2
1:2014.1.4-0ubuntu2.1
1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1
1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.1
1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.2
1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.3
1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.4
1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.5
1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-ajax-console-proxy",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api-ec2",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api-metadata",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api-os-compute",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api-os-volume",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-baremetal",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-cells",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-cert",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-common",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-kvm",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-libvirt",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-lxc",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-qemu",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-vmware",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-xen",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-conductor",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-console",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-consoleauth",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-doc",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-network",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-novncproxy",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-objectstore",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-scheduler",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-spiceproxy",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-volume",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-xvpvncproxy",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-nova",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7"
        }
    ]
}