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CVE-2015-3280 json

OpenStack Compute (nova) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service

published 2015-10-26 11 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-mfmj-gwg3-vhw7 , PYSEC-2026-877 , EUVD-2022-4553

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenStack Compute (nova) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) 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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi nova 2014.2.4, 2015.1.2
  • openstack nova 2014.2.4, 2015.1.2
  • nova Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:12.0.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3280

  • nova Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3280

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  • openstack-nova openstack 5 2014.1.5-3.el6ost
  • openstack-nova openstack 5 2014.1.5-5.el7ost
  • openstack-nova openstack 6 2014.2.3-31.el7ost
  • openstack-nova openstack 7 2015.1.1-3.el7ost
  • python-nova openstack 5 2014.1.5-3.el6ost
  • python-nova openstack 5 2014.1.5-5.el7ost
  • python-nova openstack 6 2014.2.3-31.el7ost
  • python-nova openstack 7 2015.1.1-3.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1898

  • openstack-nova Cloud Compute Node for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 5 2014.2.4~a0~dev80-14.1
  • openstack-neutron Cloud Compute Node for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 5 2014.2.4~a0~dev103-10.3
  • python-python-memcached Cloud Compute Node for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 5 1.54-2.1
  • openstack-nova OpenStack Cloud 5 2014.2.4~a0~dev80-20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:2220-1SUSE-SU-2015:2219-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3280 updated cvss 3.5

openstack-nova: Deleting instances in resize state fails

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 python-nova 2014.1.5-3.el6ost, openstack-nova 2014.1.5-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-api 2014.1.5-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-cert 2014.1.5-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-cells 2014.1.5-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-common 2014.1.5-3.el6ost, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 python-nova 2014.1.5-5.el7ost, openstack-nova 2014.1.5-5.el7ost, openstack-nova-api 2014.1.5-5.el7ost, openstack-nova-cert 2014.1.5-5.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells 2014.1.5-5.el7ost, openstack-nova-common 2014.1.5-5.el7ost, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 python-nova 2014.2.3-31.el7ost, openstack-nova 2014.2.3-31.el7ost, openstack-nova-api 2014.2.3-31.el7ost, openstack-nova-cert 2014.2.3-31.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells 2014.2.3-31.el7ost, openstack-nova-common 2014.2.3-31.el7ost, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 python-nova 2015.1.1-3.el7ost, openstack-nova 2015.1.1-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-api 2015.1.1-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-cert 2015.1.1-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells 2015.1.1-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-common 2015.1.1-3.el7ost, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1898

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Exploit prediction

3.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi nova
<2014.2.4
>=2015.1.0, <2015.1.2
2014.2.4
2015.1.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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