CVE-2015-3241

Description

OpenStack Compute (nova) 2015.1 through 2015.1.1, 2014.2.3, and earlier does not stop the migration process when the instance is deleted, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk, network, and other resource consumption) by resizing and then deleting an instance.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.65% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory openstack.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1723.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75372 third party advisory vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1898.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://github.com/openstack/ossa/blob/482576204dec96f580817b119e3166d71c757731/ossa/OSSA-2015-015.yaml third party advisory
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-015.html vendor advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1387543 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-3241?
CVE-2015-3241 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-3241?
To fix CVE-2015-3241, 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-2015-3241 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-3241 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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