Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-7498 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Openstack Compute (Nova) 13.0.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93068
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93068
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-011.html
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-011.html