CVE-2015-3241
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:12.0.0-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:12.0.0-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:12.0.0-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:12.0.0-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:12.0.0-2 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | nova | <112.0.0.0b3 | 112.0.0.0b3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openstack | nova | {"startIncluding":"2014.2","endIncluding":"2014.2.3"} | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3241
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/7ab75d5b0b75fc3426323bef19bf436a258b9707
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b5020a047fc487f35b76fc05f31e52665a1afda1
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/bf23643e36c8764b4bd532546a2cc04385fe0cff
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1723
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1898
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3241
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232782
- https://github.com/openstack/nova
- https://github.com/openstack/ossa/blob/482576204dec96f580817b119e3166d71c757731/ossa/OSSA-2015-015.yaml
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1387543
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-015.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1723.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1898.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75372
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3241
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.