CVE-2015-1881: OpenStack Glance Denial of service by creating a large number of images

CVE-2015-1881 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2015-02-24

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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9684.

Technologies: glance (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2015-1881 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2015-1881 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2015-1881?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 24 February 2015.
Which products and versions are affected?
glance (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=11.0.0a0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2015-1881?
Yes. glance (PyPI): upgrade to 11.0.0a0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2015-1881?
Check whether you run glance (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • glance (PyPI): upgrade to 11.0.0a0 or later
    pip install "glance>=11.0.0a0"

Affected products

  • glance (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=11.0.0a0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2015-1881
  • GHSA-4jp4-3c62-r8jv
  • PYSEC-2015-38

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