CVE-2016-0780
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIt was discovered that cf-release v231 and lower, Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.5.x versions prior to 1.5.17 and Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.18 do not properly enforce disk quotas in certain cases. An attacker could use an improper disk quota value to bypass enforcement and consume all the disk on DEAs/CELLs causing a potential denial of service for other applications.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe vulnerability allows attackers to bypass disk quota enforcement in Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime by using improper disk quota values. This enables consumption of all available disk space on DEA/CELL VMs, causing denial of service for other applications running on the same infrastructure.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 231= 1.5.0= 1.5.1= 1.5.2= 1.5.3= 1.5.4= 1.5.5= 1.5.6= 1.5.7= 1.5.8= 1.5.9= 1.5.10= 1.5.11CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check cf-release version deployed in your Cloud Foundry installationRun 'bosh releases' or inspect your BOSH deployment manifest to find the installed cf-release version numberAffected if The cf-release version is exactly 231
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Check Elastic Runtime version deployedRun 'bosh deployments' or inspect the Elastic Runtime BOSH release using 'bosh releases' to identify the installed Elastic Runtime versionAffected if The Elastic Runtime version is any of: 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5, 1.5.6, 1.5.7, 1.5.8, 1.5.9, 1.5.10, or 1.5.11
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Verify DEA/CELL VMs are present in the deploymentRun 'bosh instances' and look for instances with roles named 'dea' or 'cell' in your Cloud Foundry deploymentAffected if DEA/CELL VMs exist in the deployment and either cf-release 231 or Elastic Runtime 1.5.x (through 1.5.11) is installed
Your environment is affected if cf-release version 231 or Elastic Runtime versions 1.5.0 through 1.5.11 are deployed, particularly if DEA/CELL VMs are present.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime to version 1.5.17 or later (1.5.x) or 1.6.18 or later (1.6.x), or cf-release to v232 or higher.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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