CVE-2014-9684 OpenStack Glance Denial of service by creating a large number of images
Authenticated users can cause disk consumption denial of service by creating and deleting images via the task v2 API.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-9684?
CVE-2014-9684 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Feb 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) 2014.2 through 2014.2.2 does not properly remove images, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by creating a large number of images using the task v2 API and then deleting them before the uploads finish, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1881.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9684?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including glance. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
glance PyPI | All versions | 11.0.0a0 |
glance PyPI | All versions | 11.0.0a0 |
glance PyPI | All versions | 11.0.0a0 |
Linux distribution packages (17)
openstack-ceilometer SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2.4.dev18-9.7 |
openstack-ceilometer-doc SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2.4.dev18-9.11 |
openstack-cinder SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2.4.dev19-9.7 |
openstack-cinder-doc SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2.4.dev19-9.12 |
openstack-glance SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2.4.dev5-9.5 |
openstack-glance-doc SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2.4.dev5-9.7 |
openstack-heat SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2.4.dev13-9.6 |
openstack-heat-doc SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2.4.dev13-9.8 |
openstack-keystone SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2.4.dev5-11.8 |
openstack-keystone-doc SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2.4.dev5-11.12 |
openstack-sahara SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2.4.dev3-9.5 |
openstack-sahara-doc SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2.4.dev3-9.5 |
openstack-suse SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 2014.2-9.2 |
python-oslo.i18n SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 1.3.1-9.6 |
python-oslo.utils SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 1.4.0-14.2 |
python-oslotest SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 1.2.0-2.5 |
python-six SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | All versions | 1.9.0-9.2 |
Products include Openstack Image Registry and Delivery Service \(Glance\).
How do I fix CVE-2014-9684?
Upgrade glance to 11.0.0a0 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-9684 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9684 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2015-5286 OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass storage quota, cause denial of service
- CVE-2015-1195 OpenStack Glance v2 API unrestricted path traversal through filesystem:// scheme
- CVE-2015-5251 OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions
- CVE-2014-9493 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2016-0757 OpenStack Image Service (Glance) vulnerable to Improper Access Control
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h737-q6g6-8wr6, PYSEC-2015-37, SUSE-SU-2015:1515-1.