CVE-2016-8611

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-10-27
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1387293: CVE-2016-8611 openstack-glance: Glance Image service v1 and v2 api image-create vulnerability

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

A vulnerability was found in Openstack Glance. No limits are enforced within the Glance image service for both v1 and v2 `/images` API POST method for authenticated users, resulting in possible denial of service attacks through database table saturation.

Find out more about CVE-2016-8611 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 3.5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 openstack-glance Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) openstack-glance Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 openstack-glance Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 openstack-glance Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 openstack-glance Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) openstack-glance Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Luke Hinds (Red Hat).

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