CVE-2017-18191
OpenStack Nova has a vulnerability in the handling of encrypted volumes. By detaching and reattaching an encrypted volume, an attacker may access the underlying raw volume and corrupt the LUKS header, resulting in a denial of service attack on the compute host. All Nova installations supporting encrypted volumes are affected.
Find out more about CVE-2017-18191 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (openstack-nova) | RHSA-2018:2714 | 2018-09-17 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (openstack-nova) | RHSA-2018:2855 | 2018-10-02 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 (openstack-nova) | RHSA-2018:2332 | 2018-08-20 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | openstack-nova | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) | openstack-nova | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) | openstack-nova | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | openstack-nova | Will not fix |