CVE-2016-8611

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Description

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.

References

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037312

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94378

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-9457

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-07-31

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0302