# CVE-2015-3289: Denial of service in n/a

> Authenticated users can cause denial of service via disk consumption by repeatedly creating and deleting images in OpenStack Glance.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 14 Aug 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3289, GHSA-6c9r-5vjm-r3gh

## What is CVE-2015-3289?

CVE-2015-3289 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Aug 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

OpenStack Glance before 2015.1.1 (kilo) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by repeatedly using the import task flow API to create images and then deleting them.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3289?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openstack Glance.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-3289?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-3289 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-7200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7200/): OpenStack Glance Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (medium 5.8)
- [CVE-2015-8234](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8234/): OpenStack Glance Signature Verification Bypass (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2026-34881](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34881/): OpenStack Glance is affected by Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2016-8611](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8611/): Denial of service in openstack-glance (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2015-5163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5163/): OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary file (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-3289 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-3289 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Aug 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3289/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3289/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3289
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3289
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-3289

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