CVE-2024-40767 Information

Description

In OpenStack Nova before 27.4.1 28 before 28.2.1 and 29 before 29.1.1 by supplying a raw format image that is actually a crafted QCOW2 image with a backing file path or VMDK flat image with a descriptor file path an authenticated user may convince systems to return a copy of the referenced file’s contents from the server resulting in unauthorized access to potentially sensitive data. All Nova deployments are affected. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-47951 and CVE-2024-32498.

Reference

https://launchpad.net/bugs/2071734 https://security.openstack.org https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/23/2