OpenStack Glance Denial of service by creating a large number of images

MEDIUM 4.0CVE-2014-9684 · GHSA-h737-q6g6-8wr6 · PYSEC-2015-37 · Published 24/02/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
glance PyPI	`< 11.0.0a0`	`11.0.0a0`
image registry and delivery service (glance) openstack	`= 2014.2= 2014.2.1= 2014.2.2`	No fix yet

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.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9684 · ADVISORY
openstack/glance commit 7858d4d · WEB
openstack/glance commit a880c8e · WEB
bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1371118 · WEB
openstack/glance · PACKAGE
pypa/advisory-database · WEB
lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-February/000336.html · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0938.html · WEB
securityfocus.com/bid/72692
GitHub Advisory GHSA-h737-q6g6-8wr6 · ADVISORY

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