CVE-2016-8611

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.

• CWE-400
• CWE-20

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94378Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037312Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94378Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037312Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384Vendor Advisory

Published

Jul 31, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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