OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) 2014.2 through 2014.2.2 does not properly remove images, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption)
OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) 2014.2 through 2014.2.2 does not properly remove images, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by creating a large number of images using the task v2 API and then deleting them, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9684.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | glance | < 11.0.0a0 | 11.0.0a0 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1881
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/25a722e614eacc47e4658f0bca6343fa52f7d03f
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/78b5b0a9575cd5e9c4543ec0e8fd6072af1f0ebb
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1420696
- https://github.com/openstack/glance
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/glance/PYSEC-2015-38.yaml
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-February/000336.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0938.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72694
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4jp4-3c62-r8jv
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-770- Platform
- Python (PyPI)
- Package
glance- Disclosed
- 24.02.2015
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 13:17
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-4jp4-3c62-r8jv - CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2015-38 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: glance
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 20
- First → latest
- 02.2013 03.2026
- Without a fix
- 4
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 4
- Medium 14
- Low 2
Disclosures per year
- 2017: 1
- 2018: 0
- 2019: 0
- 2020: 0
- 2021: 0
- 2022: 9
- 2023: 2
- 2024: 1
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 1
earlier: 6
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