6.8

CVE-2015-3241: openstack nova Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-3vx7-xff6-h2vxPYSEC-2026-861RHSA-2015:1723
Published 08-09-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-3241 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in openstack nova. EPSS estimates a 3.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.48%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3

Timeline

  1. 08-09-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.48% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.48%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat16 products
  • openstack-nova< 0:2015.1.0-18.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-api< 0:2015.1.0-18.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cells< 0:2015.1.0-18.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cert< 0:2015.1.0-18.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-common< 0:2015.1.0-18.el7ost
Debian1 product
  • nova< 1:12.0.0-2
Openstack1 product
  • nova≥ 2014.2, ≤ 2014.2.3 | ≥ 2015.1.0, ≤ 2015.1.1
PyPI1 product
  • nova< 112.0.0.0b3 | < 12.0.0.0b3
Ubuntu1 product
  • nova< 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7

5 vendors · 20 products

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