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CVE-2016-7498

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.

Published

2016-09-27T15:59:13.673

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	openstack	compute_\(nova\)	13.0.0	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93068 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-011.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93068 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-011.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)