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CVE-2016-8611

Published: 31 July 2018

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
seth-arnold
There may never be a fix for this issue.
mdeslaur
See upstream advisory for recommendations

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
glance
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored)
upstream Needed

xenial Ignored

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H