OpenStack Compute up to 2014.2.3/2015.1.1 Migration resource management

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A vulnerability was found in OpenStack Compute up to 2014.2.3/2015.1.1 (Cloud Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Migration Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 09/08/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at security.openstack.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-3241 since 04/10/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103812 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : nova vulnerabilities (USN-3449-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196940 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Nova Vulnerabilities (USN-3449-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (103812). See 78886, 78953, 80188 and 80285 for similar entries.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 103812
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : nova vulnerabilities (USN-3449-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 841810
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for nova USN-3449-1
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Vendor: openstack.org

Advisory: USN-3449-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-3241 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 75372 - OpenStack Nova CVE-2015-3241 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Created: 09/09/2015 10:08
Updated: 06/14/2022 19:21
Changes: 09/09/2015 10:08 (50), 12/04/2017 10:36 (13), 06/14/2022 19:13 (3), 06/14/2022 19:21 (2)
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