CVE-2016-8611

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400 CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
The Openstack Foundation	openstack-glance	v1 and v2

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94378Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037312Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94378Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037312Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 31, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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