CVE-2016-7498
Published on: 09/27/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:07 PM UTC
Certain versions of Compute Nova from Openstack contain the following vulnerability:
OpenStack Compute (nova) 13.0.0 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2015-3280 regression.
- CVE-2016-7498 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.
CVSS3 Score: 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | LOW | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
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UNCHANGED | NONE | NONE | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 6.8 - MEDIUM
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | SINGLE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
NONE | NONE | COMPLETE |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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oss-security - [OSSA 2016-011] Nova may fail to delete images in resize state regression (CVE-2016-7498) | Mailing List Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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oss-security - Re: CVE request for vulnerability in OpenStack Nova | Mailing List Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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OSSA-2016-011: Nova may fail to delete images in resize state regression — OpenStack Security Advisories 2014.2.0.dev127 documentation | Patch Vendor Advisory security.openstack.org text/html |
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OpenStack Nova Denial of Service Vulnerability | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry cve.report (archive) text/html |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Application | Openstack | Compute Nova | 13.0.0 | All | All | All |
Application | Openstack | Compute Nova | 13.0.0 | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute_\(nova\):13.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute_\(nova\):13.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE