Medium severity · published Sep 27, 2016
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…
6.5
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CN
Compute (nova) · Openstack
13.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7498
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7498
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/8
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93068
Patch
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-011.html