OpenStack: malicious qcow2/vmdk images

An input validation flaw was discovered in how multiple OpenStack services validate images with backing file references. An authenticated attacker could provide a malicious image via upload, or by creating and modifying an image from an existing volume. Validation of images can be triggered durin...

How to Import OVF Package to XenServer

This article describes how to import OVF package into XenServer. You can use the Citrix® XenServer Conversion Manager to convert hundreds of virtual machines to XenServer. It saves time and storage by converting a virtual machine directly to XenServer unattended.You can also create a virtual...

In Lima, a malicious disk image could read a single file on the host filesystem as a qcow2/vmdk backing file

Note The official templates of Lima, and the well-known third party products Colima, Rancher Desktop, and Finch are unlikely to be affected by this issue. Impact A virtual machine instance with a malicious disk image could read a single file on the host filesystem, even when no filesystem is...

GHSA-F7QW-JJ9C-RPQ9 In Lima, a malicious disk image could read a single file on the host filesystem as a qcow2/vmdk backing file

Note The official templates of Lima, and the well-known third party products Colima, Rancher Desktop, and Finch are unlikely to be affected by this issue. Impact A virtual machine instance with a malicious disk image could read a single file on the host filesystem, even when no filesystem is...

CVE-2023-32684

Lima launches Linux virtual machines, typically on macOS, for running containerd. Prior to version 0.16.0, a virtual machine instance with a malicious disk image could read a single file on the host filesystem, even when no filesystem is mounted from the host. The official templates of Lima and t...

Path traversal

Lima launches Linux virtual machines, typically on macOS, for running containerd. Prior to version 0.16.0, a virtual machine instance with a malicious disk image could read a single file on the host filesystem, even when no filesystem is mounted from the host. The official templates of Lima and t...

CVE-2023-32684 In Lima, a malicious disk image could read a single file on the host filesystem as a qcow2/vmdk backing file

Lima launches Linux virtual machines, typically on macOS, for running containerd. Prior to version 0.16.0, a virtual machine instance with a malicious disk image could read a single file on the host filesystem, even when no filesystem is mounted from the host. The official templates of Lima and t...

FreeBSD : py-cinder -- unauthorized data access (a0509648-65ce-4a1b-855e-520a75bd2549)

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the a0509648-65ce-4a1b-855e-520a75bd2549 advisory. - An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder before 19.1.2, 20.x before 20.0.2, and 21.0.0; Glance...

SUSE CVE-2022-47951

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder before 19.1.2, 20.x before 20.0.2, and 21.0.0; Glance before 23.0.1, 24.x before 24.1.1, and 25.0.0; and Nova before 24.1.2, 25.x before 25.0.2, and 26.0.0. By supplying a specially created VMDK flat image that references a specific backing file path, a...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: Synopsis: Red Hat OpenStack Platform (openstack-cinder) security update

An update for openstack-cinder is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabili...

openstack: Arbitrary file access through custom VMDK flat descriptor

A flaw was found in OpenStack-nova, Openstack-glance, and Openstack-cinder. By supplying a specially created VMDK flat image that references a specific backing file path, an authenticated user may convince systems to return a copy of that file's contents from the server, resulting in unauthorized...

openstack: Arbitrary file access through custom VMDK flat descriptor

A flaw was found in OpenStack-nova, Openstack-glance, and Openstack-cinder. By supplying a specially created VMDK flat image that references a specific backing file path, an authenticated user may convince systems to return a copy of that file's contents from the server, resulting in unauthorized...

openstack: Arbitrary file access through custom VMDK flat descriptor

A flaw was found in OpenStack-nova, Openstack-glance, and Openstack-cinder. By supplying a specially created VMDK flat image that references a specific backing file path, an authenticated user may convince systems to return a copy of that file's contents from the server, resulting in unauthorized...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5835-4)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-5835-5: Nova vulnerability

USN-5835-3 fixed vulnerabilities in Nova. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Guillaume Espanel, Pierre Libeau, Arnaud Morin, and Damien Rannou discovered that Nova incorrectly handled VMDK image processing. An authenticated attacker cou...

USN-5835-4: Cinder vulnerability

USN-5835-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Cinder. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. In addition, a regression was fixed for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Guillaume Espanel, Pierre Libeau, Arnaud Morin, and Damien Rannou discovered that Cinder incorrectl...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Nova vulnerability (USN-5835-5)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5835-5 advisory. USN-5835-3 fixed vulnerabilities in Nova. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Tenable has extracted the preceding description blo...

Information Disclosure

glance is vulnerable to Information Disclosure. An authenticated attacker is able to convince systems to return a copy of a file's contents from the server via supplying a specially created VMDK flat image that references that specific backing file path, resulting in unauthorized access to...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5336-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5338-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...