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CVE-2015-5162 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2015-5162: The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0; and Nova before 12.0.4 and 13.0.0 does not properly limit qemu-img calls, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and disk consumption) via a crafted disk image.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 9 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2015-5162 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • cinder→ fixed in2:8.0.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cinder
  • glance→ fixed in2:12.0.0-1urgency: low
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance
  • nova→ fixed in2:13.0.0-1urgency: low
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nova

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • cinder→ fixed in2:8.0.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cinder
  • glance→ fixed in2:12.0.0-1urgency: low
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance
  • nova→ fixed in2:13.0.0-1urgency: low
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nova

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • cinder→ fixed in2:8.0.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cinder
  • glance→ fixed in2:12.0.0-1urgency: low
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance
  • nova→ fixed in2:13.0.0-1urgency: low
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nova
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