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(CVE-2013-6491)\n\nLoganathan Parthipan discovered that OpenStack Nova did not properly create\nexpected files during KVM live block migration. A remote authenticated\nattacker could exploit this to obtain root disk snapshot contents via\nephemeral storage. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2013-7130)\n\nStanislaw Pitucha discovered that OpenStack Nova did not enforce the image\nformat when rescuing an instance. A remote authenticated attacker could\nexploit this to read host files. In the default installation, attackers\nwould be isolated by the libvirt guest AppArmor profile. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 13.10. (CVE-2014-0134)\n\nMark Heckmann discovered that OpenStack Nova did not enforce RBAC policy\nwhen adding security group rules via the EC2 API. A remote authenticated\nuser could exploit this to gain unintended access to this API. This issue\nonly affected Ubuntu 13.10. 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