{"id":"CVE-2014-3608","aliases":["GHSA-92hc-c226-32q7","PYSEC-2026-869"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3608","summary":"OpenStack Compute (Nova)'s VMWare driver vulnerable to denial of service","details":"The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by putting the VM into the rescue state, suspending it, which puts into an ERROR state, and then deleting the image.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2573.","published":"2014-10-06T14:55:09Z","modified":"2026-07-07T11:56:22.778982366Z","cvss":null,"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":1,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"nova","fixedVersion":"2014.1.3"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1781.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1782.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/65"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70220"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1338830"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/65"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1338830"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-07T11:56:22.778982366Z"}}