CVE-2016-8611 is a vulnerability in OpenStack Glance
Published on July 31, 2018
A vulnerability was found in Openstack Glance. No limits are enforced within the Glance image service for both v1 and v2 `/images` API POST method for authenticated users, resulting in possible denial of service attacks through database table saturation.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2016-8611 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2016-8611
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Affected Versions
The Openstack Foundation openstack-glance Version v1 and v2 is affected by CVE-2016-8611Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.