CVE-2016-7498
MEDIUMOpenStack Compute (nova) 13.0.0 - Authenticated Denial of Service via Instance Deletion in Resize State
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93068
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/1
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-011.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/8
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0225
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (1)
openstack/compute_\(nova\)
13.0.0
Published
Sep 27, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026