CVE-2014-9684

Public Exploit

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.

Category

4.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.50%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory openstack.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-February/000336.html mailing list vendor advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1371118 exploit
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0938.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72692 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9684?
CVE-2014-9684 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9684?
To fix CVE-2014-9684, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-9684 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-9684 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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