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OpenStack Nova Live migration fails to update persistent domain XML

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 29, 2024

Package

pip nova (pip)

Affected versions

< 19.3.1
>= 20.0.0, < 20.3.1
= 21.0.0

Patched versions

19.3.1
20.3.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Guest.migrate in virt/libvirt/guest.py in OpenStack Nova before 19.3.1, 20.x before 20.3.1, and 21.0.0. By performing a soft reboot of an instance that has previously undergone live migration, a user may gain access to destination host devices that share the same paths as host devices previously referenced by the virtual machine on the source host. This can include block devices that map to different Cinder volumes at the destination than at the source. Only deployments allowing host-based connections (for instance, root and ephemeral devices) are affected.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 26, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Apr 29, 2024
Last updated Apr 29, 2024

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

EPSS score

0.170%
(54th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-17376

GHSA ID

GHSA-c7w7-9c85-4qxv

Source code

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