Medium severity · published Jul 31, 2018
CVE-2016-8611
A vulnerability was found in Openstack Glance
6.5
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
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
OP
openstack-glance · The Openstack Foundation
v1 and v2 · source: vendor
GL
Glance · Openstack
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8611
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8611
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94378
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037312
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611
Vendor Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384