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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2573

The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.2 through 2013.2.2 does not properly put VMs into RESCUE status, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by requesting the VM be put into rescue and then deleting the image.

Products
nova
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2014.1-9
CVEs
CVE-2014-2573
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 21:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2573

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Mar 2014, 16:55 UTC

The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.2 through 2013.2.2 does not properly put VMs into RESCUE status, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by requesting the VM be put into rescue and then deleting the image.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2573

nova

Fixed versions: 2014.1-9

nova

Fixed versions: 2014.1-9

nova

Fixed versions: 2014.1-9

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2573",
  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-23T15:47:32.342117318Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 414171,
  "published_at": "2014-03-25T16:55:28.677+00:00"
}