{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"USN-3449-1","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"nova vulnerabilities\n\nGeorge Shuklin discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled the\nmigration process. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to\nconsume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-3241)\n\nGeorge Shuklin and Tushar Patil discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly\nhandled deleting instances. A remote authenticated user could use this\nissue to consume disk resources, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2015-3280)\n\nIt was discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly limited qemu-img calls. A\nremote authenticated user could use this issue to consume resources,\nresulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5162)\n\nMatthew Booth discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled snapshots.\nA remote authenticated user could use this issue to read arbitrary files.\n(CVE-2015-7548)\n\nSreekumar S. and Suntao discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly applied\nsecurity group changes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\nbypass intended restriction changes by leveraging an instance that was\nrunning when the change was made. (CVE-2015-7713)\n\nMatt Riedemann discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled logging.\nA local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive\ninformation from log files. (CVE-2015-8749)\n\nMatthew Booth discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled certain\nqcow2 headers. A remote authenticated user could possibly use this issue to\nread arbitrary files. (CVE-2016-2140)","dates":{"published":"2017-10-11T11:46:58.000Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:13.000Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":null,"severity":"unknown","version":null,"versionLabel":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"computed":false,"selection":"none"},"metrics":[]},"epss":{"probability":null,"percentile":null,"severity":"unknown","asOf":null,"change":{"pp":null,"baselineDate":null,"baselineScore":null},"history":[],"last30":[]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[],"exploitCount":0,"weaknesses":[],"affected":[{"vendor":"ubuntu","product":"nova","name":"nova","label":"nova","ecosystem":"Ubuntu","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/nova","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7","eol":null,"hubHref":null}],"affectedCount":1,"eol":{"hasEol":false,"count":0},"references":[{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3449-1","label":"ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3449-1","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3241","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3241","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3280","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3280","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5162","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5162","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7548","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7548","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7713","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7713","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8749","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8749","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2140","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2140","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":["CVE-2015-3241","CVE-2015-3280","CVE-2015-5162","CVE-2015-7548","CVE-2015-7713","CVE-2015-8749","CVE-2016-2140"],"downstream":[],"duplicates":[],"related":["CVE-2015-3241","CVE-2015-3280","CVE-2015-5162","CVE-2015-7548","CVE-2015-7713","CVE-2015-8749","CVE-2016-2140"]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2017-10-11T11:46:58.000Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2026-02-10T04:41:13.000Z","label":"Last modified","detail":"Vulnerability information updated.","source":null}],"risk":{"score":0,"level":"minimal","profile":"Default","thresholds":{"critical":75,"high":50,"medium":25,"low":10}},"meta":{"dataAsOf":"2026-10-19T18:11:09.617Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}