CVE-2016-8611

HP Security Bulletin HPSBGN03676 1

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se ha encontrado una vulnerabilidad en Openstack Glance. No se aplican límites en el servicio de imagen Glance para las v1 y v2 del método POST de la API "/images" para usuarios autenticados. Esto resulta en posibles ataques de denegación de servicio (DoS) mediante la saturación de la tabla de la base de datos.

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HPE Helion OpenStack Glance image service. This vulnerability could be exploited remotely to allow a Denial of Service (DoS). Revision 1 of this advisory.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-10-12 CVE Reserved
2016-11-16 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94378	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037312	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384	2023-02-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Openstack Search vendor "Openstack"		Glance Search vendor "Openstack" for product "Glance"				*		-		Affected