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SCA: security update for nova (GHSA-jv34-xvjq-ppch)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437115

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2014-2573)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jv34-xvjq-ppch

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437115

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/27/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Temporal Score: 1.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-2573

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2573

BID: 66354

cwe: CWE-770