Resource Exhaustion Affecting nova package, versions <2:16.0.3-6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.67% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-NOVA-351672
  • published5 Dec 2017
  • disclosed5 Dec 2017

Introduced: 5 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17051  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable nova to version 2:16.0.3-6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nova package and not the nova package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the default FilterScheduler in OpenStack Nova 16.0.3. By repeatedly rebuilding an instance with new images, an authenticated user may consume untracked resources on a hypervisor host leading to a denial of service, aka doubled resource allocations. This regression was introduced with the fix for OSSA-2017-005 (CVE-2017-16239); however, only Nova stable/pike or later deployments with that fix applied and relying on the default FilterScheduler are affected.