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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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 (disk consumption) by deleting instances while in the resize state.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.34%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.34% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
openstack/compute \(nova\)
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.