openstack-glance: potential resource exhaustion and denial of service using images manipulation API
Published Feb 24, 2015
7.1
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.00%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 2014.2
- 2014.2.1
- 2014.2.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7
openstack-glance-0:2014.2.3-1.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0938
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7
python-glance-store-0:0.1.10-3.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0938
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
openstack-glance
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
openstack-glance
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | openstack-glance-0:2014.2.3-1.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0938 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | python-glance-store-0:0.1.10-3.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0938 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | openstack-glance | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | openstack-glance | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.00% (0.01997) | 79.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.98% (0.01981) | 77.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.57% (0.00568) | 65.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.71% (0.01712) | 70.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.66% (0.00655) | 69.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00733) | 81.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00733) | 80.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00733) | 77.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 56.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 22, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 54.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 52.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 30.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-February/000336.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0938.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72692 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9684 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1371118 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194697 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h737-q6g6-8wr6 Advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/7858d4d95154c8596720365e465cca7858cfec5c
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/a880c8e762e94b70c1e5d5692a3defcde734a601
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/glance/PYSEC-2015-37.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9684
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9684
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-February/000336.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0938.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72692 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9684 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1371118 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194697 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h737-q6g6-8wr6 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/7858d4d95154c8596720365e465cca7858cfec5c | ||
| https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/a880c8e762e94b70c1e5d5692a3defcde734a601 | ||
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/glance/PYSEC-2015-37.yaml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9684 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9684 |
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