CVE-2016-8611
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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references (17)
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- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037312cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611cnnvd
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4310/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2117cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94378cnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266enisa_euvd
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