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title: "CVE-2013-4469\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4469

Publication date 2 November 2013

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana, when use\_cow\_images
is set to False, does not verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which
allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk
consumption) by transferring an image with a large virtual size that does
not contain a large amount of data from Glance. NOTE: this issue is due to
an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2096.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4469?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| nova | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1.2 |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life, was pending |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2012.1.3+stable-20130423-e52e6912-0ubuntu1.4 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4469?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

patch for CVE-2013-4463 should fix this
saucy needs a no change rebuild for saucy-security

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| nova | * Vendor:   <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=816275&action=diff> * Vendor:   <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=816276&action=diff> * Vendor:   <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=816277&action=diff> * Upstream:   [f6810be](https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/f6810be4ae1a6c93e7d8017ee67d5344dfdf4a30) * Upstream:   [3cdfe89](https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/3cdfe894ab58f7b91bf7fb690fc5bc724e44066f) * Upstream:   [135faa7](https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/135faa7b5d9855312bedc19e5e1ecebae34d3d18) * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/54767> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/54768> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4469)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4469)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4469)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4469)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2247-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2247-1)
+ OpenStack Nova vulnerabilities
+ 17 June 2014

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/31/3>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4469>