What is the severity of CVE-2016-7498?

The severity of CVE-2016-7498 is classified as high due to its potential for causing denial of service through disk consumption.

How does CVE-2016-7498 affect OpenStack Compute (nova) 13.0.0?

CVE-2016-7498 affects OpenStack Compute (nova) 13.0.0 by allowing remote authenticated users to consume disk space by improperly deleting instances in the resize state.

What is the potential impact of CVE-2016-7498?

The potential impact of CVE-2016-7498 includes significant disk space consumption leading to denial of service for other users on the compute nodes.

How can I mitigate the risk of CVE-2016-7498?

To mitigate the risk of CVE-2016-7498, it's recommended to upgrade to a patched version of OpenStack Compute (nova) that addresses this vulnerability.

Is there a known workaround for CVE-2016-7498?

There are no specific workarounds for CVE-2016-7498 other than restricting access to the delete instance functionality while in the resize state.

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CVE-2016-7498

medium

6.8

CWE

399

27/9/2016

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-7498

First published: Tue Sep 27 2016(Updated: )

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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
OpenStack Compute (Nova)	=13.0.0

Remedy

https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-011.html

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-7498?
The severity of CVE-2016-7498 is classified as high due to its potential for causing denial of service through disk consumption.
How does CVE-2016-7498 affect OpenStack Compute (nova) 13.0.0?
CVE-2016-7498 affects OpenStack Compute (nova) 13.0.0 by allowing remote authenticated users to consume disk space by improperly deleting instances in the resize state.
What is the potential impact of CVE-2016-7498?
The potential impact of CVE-2016-7498 includes significant disk space consumption leading to denial of service for other users on the compute nodes.
How can I mitigate the risk of CVE-2016-7498?
To mitigate the risk of CVE-2016-7498, it's recommended to upgrade to a patched version of OpenStack Compute (nova) that addresses this vulnerability.
Is there a known workaround for CVE-2016-7498?
There are no specific workarounds for CVE-2016-7498 other than restricting access to the delete instance functionality while in the resize state.

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