CVE-2016-8611

Publication date 31 July 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
glance	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

seth-arnold

There may never be a fix for this issue.

mdeslaur

See upstream advisory for recommendations

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
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