CVE-2015-3280

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3280
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-26 17:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionOpenStack Compute (nova) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) does not properly delete instances from compute nodes, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by deleting instances while in the resize state.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Nova All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
OSSA-2015-017: Nova may fail to delete images in resize state — OpenStack Security Advisories 2014.2.0.dev88 documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.openstack.org Vendor Advisory
OpenStack Nova CVE-2015-3280 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Bug #1392527 “Deleting instance while resize instance is running...” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2015-3280 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
1257942 – (CVE-2015-3280) CVE-2015-3280 openstack-nova: Deleting instances in resize state fails MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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