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title: "CVE-2015-3289\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3289?format=md
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# CVE-2015-3289

Publication date 14 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

OpenStack Glance before 2015.1.1 (kilo) allows remote authenticated users
to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by repeatedly using the
import task flow API to create images and then deleting them.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| glance | 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3289?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| glance | * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/181816/> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/181345/> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3289)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3289)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-3289)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3289)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/28/6>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3289>