CVE-2016-8611 (GCVE-0-2016-8611)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-31 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Openstack Glance. No limits are enforced within the Glance image service for both v1 and v2 `/images` API POST method for authenticated users, resulting in possible denial of service attacks through database table saturation.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037312 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94378 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displ… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Openstack Foundation | openstack-glance |
Affected:
v1 and v2
|
guessed |
Date Public
2016-10-27 00:00
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