CVE-2014-9684
OpenStack Glance Denial of service by creating a large number of images
CVE-2014-9684 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Openstack Image Registry And Delivery Service \(glance\), published February 24, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.00%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in glance 11.0.0a0.
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 before the uploads finish, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1881.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.0
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 before the uploads finish, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1881.
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CVE-2014-9684- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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 before the uploads finish, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1881.
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CVE-2014-9684- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-0034 No score
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 before the uploads finish, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1881.
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EUVD-2015-0034- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h737-q6g6-8wr6
7.1
OpenStack Glance Denial of service by creating a large number of images
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 before the uploads finish, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1881.
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GHSA-h737-q6g6-8wr6- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-h737-q6g6-8wr6
7.1
OpenStack Glance Denial of service by creating a large number of images
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 before the uploads finish, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1881.
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GHSA-h737-q6g6-8wr6- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2015-37 No score
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 before the uploads finish, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1881.
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PYSEC-2015-37- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1515-1 No score
Security update for openstack and python-oslo.utils
This update provides the following fixes provided from the upstream OpenStack-project:
-
openstack-suse:
- do not copy upstream python requirements to the package, we rely on Requires; upstream requirements.txt introduce version caps which we do not follow (bnc#920573)
-
openstack-sahara:
- Fix getting heat stack in Sahara
- Fixed scaling with new node group with auto sg
- Open all ports for private network for auto SG
- Fix for getting auth url for hadoop-swift
- Fixed auto security group cleanup in case of creation error
- Add list of open ports for Cloudera plugin
- Add missed files for migrations in MANIFEST.in
- Include launch_command.py in MANIFEST.in
- Fix requires
-
openstack-keystone:
- Updated hybrid backend to include fix for bsc#935892
- Deal with PEP-0476 certificate chaining checking
- Backport fixes for v3 API sample policy file (lp#1381809 and lp#1392155).
- Install v3 sample policy into the doc directory
- Update hybrid backend to include latest fixes for v3 protocol (bsc#928718)
- backend_argument should be marked secret
- Work with pymongo 3.0
- Speed up memcache lock
- Fix up _ldap_res_to_model for ldap identity backend
- Don't try to convert LDAP attributes to boolean
- Fix the wrong update logic of catalog kvs driver
- Do parameter check before updating endpoint_group
- Correct initialization order for logging to use eventlet locks
- Fix the syntax issue on creating table
endpoint_group
-
openstack-heat:
- Add env storing for loaded environments
- Fix block_device_mapping property validation when using get_attr
- Add default_client_name in Nova::FloatingIPAssoc
- Fix cloud-init Python syntax for Python < 2.6
- Allow lists and strings for Json parameters via provider resources
- RandomString physical_resource_id as id not the string
- Authenticate the domain user with id instead of username
- Tell stevedore not to force verify requirements
- Use properties.data when testing for 'provided by the user'
- Ship /usr/lib/heat directory in openstack-heat-engine subpackage, since that's where plugin are loaded from.
- Create openstack-heat-plugin-heat_docker subpackage to ship the heat_docker plugin.
- Fix update on failed stack
- Enable https for keystone while creating stack user
- Change the engine-listener topic
- Just to delete the stack when adopt rollback
- Release stack lock when successfully acquire
- Add dependency on Router External Gateway property
- Use only FIP dependencies from graph
- Add dependency hidden on router_interface
- Update heat.conf.sample
- Upgrade requirements for kombu and greenlet to Juno versions (bnc#920573)
- Stop patching oslo.messaging private bits
-
openstack-glance:
- Eventlet green threads not released back to pool
- Replace assert statements with proper control-flow
- Fix intermittent unit test failures
- Initiate deletion of image files if the import was interrupted to prevent denial of service (bnc#918784, CVE-2014-9684)
-
openstack-cinder:
- Remove nonexistent LIO terminate_connection call
- Disallow backing files when uploading volumes to image
- LVM: Pass volume size in MiB to copy_volume() during volume migration
- Remove iscsi_helper calls from base iscsi driver
- Fix exceptions logging in iSCSI targets
- Delete the temporary volume if migration fails
- Get the 'consumer' in a correct way for retyping with qos-specs
- Fix re-export of iscsi volume when using lioadm
- Revert 'Add support for customized cluster name'
- Failed to discovery when iscsi multipath and CHAP both enabled
- Add support for customized cluster name
- Only use operational LIFs for iscsi target details
- Clear migration_status from a destination volume if migration fails
- Deal with PEP-0476 certificate chaining checking
-
openstack-ceilometer:
- Ensure unique list of consumers created
- Add bandwidth to measurements
- Rely on VM UUID to fetch metrics in…
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SUSE-SU-2015:1515-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
glancePyPI |
before 11.0.0a0 | 11.0.0a0 |
openstack-glanceRed Hat:openstack:6::el7 |
before 0:2014.2.3-1.el7ost | 0:2014.2.3-1.el7ost |
openstack-glance-docRed Hat:openstack:6::el7 |
before 0:2014.2.3-1.el7ost | 0:2014.2.3-1.el7ost |
python-glanceRed Hat:openstack:6::el7 |
before 0:2014.2.3-1.el7ost | 0:2014.2.3-1.el7ost |
python-glance-storeRed Hat:openstack:6::el7 |
before 0:0.1.10-3.el7ost | 0:0.1.10-3.el7ost |
openstack-ceilometerSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2.4.dev18-9.7 | 2014.2.4.dev18-9.7 |
openstack-ceilometer-docSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2.4.dev18-9.11 | 2014.2.4.dev18-9.11 |
openstack-cinderSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2.4.dev19-9.7 | 2014.2.4.dev19-9.7 |
openstack-cinder-docSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2.4.dev19-9.12 | 2014.2.4.dev19-9.12 |
openstack-glanceSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2.4.dev5-9.5 | 2014.2.4.dev5-9.5 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openstack-glance-docSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2.4.dev5-9.7 | 2014.2.4.dev5-9.7 |
openstack-heatSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2.4.dev13-9.6 | 2014.2.4.dev13-9.6 |
openstack-heat-docSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2.4.dev13-9.8 | 2014.2.4.dev13-9.8 |
openstack-keystoneSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2.4.dev5-11.8 | 2014.2.4.dev5-11.8 |
openstack-keystone-docSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2.4.dev5-11.12 | 2014.2.4.dev5-11.12 |
openstack-saharaSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2.4.dev3-9.5 | 2014.2.4.dev3-9.5 |
openstack-sahara-docSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2.4.dev3-9.5 | 2014.2.4.dev3-9.5 |
openstack-suseSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 2014.2-9.2 | 2014.2-9.2 |
python-oslo.i18nSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 1.3.1-9.6 | 1.3.1-9.6 |
python-oslo.utilsSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 1.4.0-14.2 | 1.4.0-14.2 |
python-oslotestSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 1.2.0-2.5 | 1.2.0-2.5 |
python-sixSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 |
before 1.9.0-9.2 | 1.9.0-9.2 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-February/000336.html
bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1371118
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0938.html
securityfocus.com/bid/72692
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9684
github.com/openstack/glance/commit/7858d4d95154c8596720365e465cca7858cfec5c
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github.com/openstack/glance/commit/a880c8e762e94b70c1e5d5692a3defcde734a601
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/glance/PYSEC-2015-37.yaml
github.com/advisories/GHSA-h737-q6g6-8wr6
github.com/openstack/glance
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0938
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/6/html/Release_Notes/index.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194697
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210457
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2015/rhsa-2015_0938.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9684
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9684
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1881
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1881
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1881
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20151515-1
bugzilla.suse.com/918784
bugzilla.suse.com/920573
bugzilla.suse.com/926596
bugzilla.suse.com/928718
bugzilla.suse.com/930574
bugzilla.suse.com/931204
bugzilla.suse.com/935892
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9684
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