{"id":"USN-6884-1","summary":"nova vulnerability","details":"Martin Kaesberger discovered that Nova incorrectly handled QCOW2 image\nprocessing. An authenticated user could use this issue to access arbitrary\nfiles on the server, possibly exposing sensitive information.\n","modified":"2026-04-27T16:57:44.794580Z","published":"2024-07-08T11:59:21Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2024-32498"],"upstream":["CVE-2024-32498","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-32498"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6884-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-32498"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nova","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/nova@2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.8?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.8"}]}],"versions":["2:20.0.0-0ubuntu1","2:21.0.0~b1~git2019120415.45fb747c98-0ubuntu1","2:21.0.0~b2~git2020021008.1fcd74730d-0ubuntu2","2:21.0.0~b2~git2020021008.1fcd74730d-0ubuntu4","2:21.0.0~b2~git2020021008.1fcd74730d-0ubuntu5","2:21.0.0~b3~git2020041013.57ff308d6d-0ubuntu2","2:21.0.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.1","2:21.0.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.2","2:21.1.0-0ubuntu1","2:21.1.1-0ubuntu2","2:21.1.2-0ubuntu1","2:21.2.0-0ubuntu1","2:21.2.1-0ubuntu1","2:21.2.2-0ubuntu1","2:21.2.3-0ubuntu1","2:21.2.4-0ubuntu1","2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2","2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1","2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.2","2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.3","2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.4","2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.5","2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.6"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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