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CVE-2016-7498

N/A
Published: September 27, 2016 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCompute (nova )

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/8
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/1
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93068
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-011.html

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399

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