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CVE-2015-5162 json

OpenStack Cinder, Glance, and Nova contain Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

published 2016-10-07 10 y ago modified 2026-07-13 3 mo ago also GHSA-g2j5-7vgx-6xrx , PYSEC-2026-2412 , PYSEC-2026-2491 , PYSEC-2026-871 , EUVD-2022-3861

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0; and Nova before 12.0.4 and 13.0.0 does not properly limit qemu-img calls, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and disk consumption) via a crafted disk image.

Patch / fix

  • pypi cinder 7.0.2, 9.0.0
  • pypi glance 14.0.0
  • pypi nova 12.0.4
  • nova Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:13.0.0-1
  • cinder Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:8.0.0-1
  • glance Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:12.0.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5162

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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5162

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openstack-nova openstack 7 2015.1.4-32.el7ost
  • python-nova openstack 7 2015.1.4-32.el7ost
  • python-cinder openstack 7 2015.1.3-12.el7ost
  • python-glance openstack 7 2015.1.2-3.el7ost
  • openstack-cinder openstack 7 2015.1.3-12.el7ost
  • openstack-glance openstack 7 2015.1.2-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-api openstack 7 2015.1.4-32.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cert openstack 7 2015.1.4-32.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0282RHSA-2016:2923RHSA-2017:0156RHSA-2016:2991RHSA-2017:0165RHSA-2017:0153

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-2015-5162 updated cvss 5.3

openstack-nova/glance/cinder: Malicious image may exhaust resources

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) openstack-nova Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) openstack-nova
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 python-cinder 2014.1.5-9.el6ost, openstack-cinder 2014.1.5-9.el6ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0165
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 python-cinder 2014.1.5-9.el7ost, openstack-cinder 2014.1.5-9.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0153
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 python-cinder 2014.2.4-11.el7ost, openstack-cinder 2014.2.4-11.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0156
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 python-nova 2015.1.4-32.el7ost, python-glance 2015.1.2-3.el7ost, python-cinder 2015.1.3-12.el7ost, openstack-nova 2015.1.4-32.el7ost, openstack-glance 2015.1.2-3.el7ost, openstack-cinder 2015.1.3-12.el7ost, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0282
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) python-nova 12.0.5-9.el7ost, python-cinder 7.0.3-1.el7ost, python-glance 11.0.1-6.el7ost, openstack-nova 12.0.5-9.el7ost, openstack-cinder 7.0.3-1.el7ost, openstack-glance 11.0.1-6.el7ost, +13 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2991
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 python-cinder 8.1.1-4.el7ost, python-glance 12.0.0-2.el7ost, openstack-cinder 8.1.1-4.el7ost, openstack-glance 12.0.0-2.el7ost, python-cinder-tests 8.1.1-4.el7ost, python-glance-tests 12.0.0-2.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2923
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) openstack-glance Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) openstack-glance Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) python-nova, openstack-nova, python-nova-tests, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-cert, openstack-nova-cells, +10 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) python-nova, python-cinder, python-glance, openstack-nova, openstack-cinder, openstack-glance, +17 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • launchpad.net https://launchpad.net/bugs/1449062 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi cinder
<7.0.2
>=8.0.0, <9.0.0
7.0.2
9.0.0
pypi glance
<14.0.0
14.0.0
pypi nova
<12.0.4
12.0.4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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