UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4463

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4463
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4463.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4463
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Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:55Z
Published
2014-02-06T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:16:27.803635Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) via a compressed QCOW2 image. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2096.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / nova

Package

Name
nova
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nova@1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2

Affected versions

1:2013.*

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

1:2014.*

1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

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        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-ajax-console-proxy"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-api"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-api-ec2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-api-metadata"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-api-os-compute"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-api-os-volume"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-baremetal"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-cells"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-cert"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-compute"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-kvm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-lxc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-qemu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-uml"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-xen"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-conductor"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-console"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-consoleauth"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-network"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-novncproxy"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-objectstore"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-scheduler"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-spiceproxy"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-volume"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "nova-xvpvncproxy"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "python-nova"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}