OpenStack Compute (nova) 2015.1 through 2015.1.1, 2014.2.3, and earlier does not stop the migration process when the instance is deleted, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk, network, and other resource consumption) by resizing and then deleting an instance.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nova | Openstack | 2014.2 (including) | 2014.2.3 (including) |
| Nova | Openstack | 2015.1.0 (including) | 2015.1.1 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 | RedHat | openstack-nova-0:2014.1.5-3.el6ost | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 | RedHat | openstack-nova-0:2014.1.5-5.el7ost | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | RedHat | openstack-nova-0:2014.2.3-31.el7ost | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | RedHat | openstack-nova-0:2015.1.0-18.el7ost | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | RedHat | openstack-nova-0:2015.1.1-3.el7ost | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | utopic | * |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1723.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1898.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75372
- https://github.com/openstack/ossa/blob/482576204dec96f580817b119e3166d71c757731/ossa/OSSA-2015-015.yaml
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1387543
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-015.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1723.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1898.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75372
- https://github.com/openstack/ossa/blob/482576204dec96f580817b119e3166d71c757731/ossa/OSSA-2015-015.yaml
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1387543
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-015.html