CVE-2014-9623

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9623
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-23 15:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionOpenStack Glance 2014.2.x through 2014.2.1, 2014.1.3, and earlier allows remote authenticated users to bypass the storage quota and cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by deleting an image in the saving state.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Image Registry And Delivery Service Glance 2014.2 All All All
Application Openstack Image Registry And Delivery Service Glance 2014.2 rc1 All All
Application Openstack Image Registry And Delivery Service Glance 2014.2 rc2 All All
Application Openstack Image Registry And Delivery Service Glance 2014.2 rc3 All All
Application Openstack Image Registry And Delivery Service Glance All All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 5.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #1398830 “[OSSA 2015-003] Glance image leak when in saving s...” : Bugs : Glance af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - April 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Security Advisory SA62165 - OpenStack Glance Image Handling User Storage Quota Bypass Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
OSSA-2015-003: Glance user storage quota bypass — OpenStack Security Advisories 2014.2.0.dev84 documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.openstack.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request for vulnerability in OpenStack Glance af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug #1383973 “image data cannot be removed when deleting a savin...” : Bugs : Glance af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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