CVE-2015-5286 OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass storage quota, cause denial of service

What is CVE-2015-5286?

CVE-2015-5286 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Oct 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenStack Image Service (Glance) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) allows remote authenticated users to bypass the storage quota and cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by deleting images that are being uploaded using a token that expires during the process. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-9623.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5286?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including glance. It affects 1 product.

Products include Openstack Image Registry and Delivery Service \(Glance\).

How do I fix CVE-2015-5286?

Upgrade glance to a fixed version for your release line: 2014.2.4 or 2015.1.2.

Is CVE-2015-5286 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5286 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2015-1195 OpenStack Glance v2 API unrestricted path traversal through filesystem:// scheme Medium 6.5
• CVE-2015-5251 OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions Medium 5.5
• CVE-2014-9493 Path traversal in n/a Medium 5.5
• CVE-2016-0757 OpenStack Image Service (Glance) vulnerable to Improper Access Control Medium 4.3
• CVE-2014-9684 OpenStack Glance Denial of service by creating a large number of images Medium 4.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5286, GHSA-gvjg-r9fv-7qx9, PYSEC-2026-812, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5286.