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…

PriorityP430medium6.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRLUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

2.34%

81.7th percentile

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	nova	< nova 2:13.1.0-1 (bookworm)	nova 2:13.1.0-1 (bookworm)
openstack	compute	—	—
openstack	nova	>= 0 < 2:13.1.0-1	2:13.1.0-1
openstack	nova	>= 0 < 2:13.1.0-1	2:13.1.0-1
openstack	nova	>= 0 < 2:13.1.0-1	2:13.1.0-1
openstack	nova	>= 0 < 2:13.1.0-1	2:13.1.0-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

osv6.8MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.8MEDIUM

vendor_redhat6.8MEDIUM

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