UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8611

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8611
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8611.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8611
Upstream
Published
2018-07-31T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:55Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / glance

Package

Name
glance
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/glance@2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2:11.*

2:11.0.0-0ubuntu1

2:12.*

2:12.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1
2:12.0.0~b2-0ubuntu1
2:12.0.0~b3-0ubuntu1
2:12.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1
2:12.0.0-0ubuntu1
2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "glance",
            "binary_version": "2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "glance-api",
            "binary_version": "2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "glance-common",
            "binary_version": "2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "glance-glare",
            "binary_version": "2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "glance-registry",
            "binary_version": "2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-glance",
            "binary_version": "2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}