What is CVE-2016-7498?

CVE-2016-7498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openstack Compute \(Nova\), classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2016-7498?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openstack Compute \(Nova\)

CVE-2016-7498

OpenStack Compute (nova) 13.0.0 does not properly delete instances from compute nodes, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by deleting instances while in the resize state. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2015-3280 regression.

EPSS: 0.023 (81.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Openstack Compute_\(nova\) — versions 13.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7498?: CVE-2016-7498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openstack Compute \(Nova\), classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2016-7498?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.