{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8611","details":"A vulnerability was found in Openstack Glance. No limits are enforced within the Glance image service for both v1 and v2 `/images` API POST method for authenticated users, resulting in possible denial of service attacks through database table saturation.","modified":"2026-04-24T08:40:22.111204Z","published":"2018-07-31T20:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-8611"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8611"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/16"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OSSN/OSSN-0076"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8611"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"glance","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/glance@2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2:11.0.0-0ubuntu1","2:12.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1","2:12.0.0~b2-0ubuntu1","2:12.0.0~b3-0ubuntu1","2:12.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1","2:12.0.0-0ubuntu1","2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2","2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"glance","binary_version":"2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1"},{"binary_name":"glance-api","binary_version":"2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1"},{"binary_name":"glance-common","binary_version":"2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1"},{"binary_name":"glance-glare","binary_version":"2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1"},{"binary_name":"glance-registry","binary_version":"2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1"},{"binary_name":"python-glance","binary_version":"2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8611.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}