CVE-2012-4573

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4573
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-11 13:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe v1 API in OpenStack Glance Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary non-protected images via an image deletion request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5482.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Essex 2012.1 All All All
Application Openstack Essex 2012.1 All All All
Application Openstack Folsom 2012.2 All All All
Application Openstack Folsom 2012.2 All All All
Application Openstack Image Registry And Delivery Service Glance - All All All
Application Openstack Image Registry And Delivery Service Glance - All All All
Application Openstack Image Registry And Delivery Service Glance - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Delete from store after registry delete. · 6ab0992 · openstack/glance · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Delete from store after registry delete. · 90bcdc5 · openstack/glance · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: openstack-glance-2012.2-3.fc18 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-1558-01 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
USN-1626-2: Glance vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1455-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - [OSSA 2012-017.1] Authentication bypass for image deletion (CVE-2012-4573, CVE-2012-5482) ERRATA 1 MLIST www.openwall.com
Bug #1065187 “[OSSA-2012-017] Non-admin users can cause public g...” : Bugs : Glance CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net
OpenStack Glance CVE-2012-4573 Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
USN-1626-1: Glance vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Ensure image owned by user before delayed_deletion · efd7e75 · openstack/glance · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
Security Advisory SA51234 - Ubuntu update for glance - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA51174 - OpenStack Glance Backend Storage Repository Virtual Image Deletion Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
87248 OSVDB osvdb.org
oss-security - [OSSA 2012-017] Authentication bypass for image deletion (CVE-2012-4573) MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 996733 Python (Pip) Security Update for glance (GHSA-6rrm-xxvh-7r87)
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