Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841426
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1831-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'nova' package(s) announced via the USN-1831-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'nova' package(s) announced via the USN-1831-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Loganathan Parthipan discovered that Nova did not verify the size of QCOW2 instance storage. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service by creating an image with a large virtual size with little data, then filling the virtual disk. Affected Software/OS: 'nova' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 2.1 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2096 59924 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59924 USN-1831-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1831-1 [openstack-announce] 20130516 [OSSA 2013-012] Nova fails to verify image virtual size (CVE-2013-2096) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-May/000102.html https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28717/ https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28901/ https://review.openstack.org/#/c/29192/
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG

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