CVE-2012-5482

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5482
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-11 13:00:59 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe v2 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-4573.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: [OSSA 2012-017] Authentication bypass for image deletion (CVE-2012-4573) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA51174 - OpenStack Glance Backend Storage Repository Virtual Image Deletion Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenStack Glance CVE-2012-4573 Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1455-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: openstack-glance-2012.2-3.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug #1076506 “[OSSA-2012-017.1] Non-admin users can cause public...” : Bugs : Glance af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
oss-security - [OSSA 2012-017] Authentication bypass for image deletion (CVE-2012-4573) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
osvdb.org/87248 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Ensure authorization before deleting from store · b591304 · openstack/glance · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Ensure authorization before deleting from store · fc0ee76 · openstack/glance · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
oss-security - [OSSA 2012-017.1] Authentication bypass for image deletion (CVE-2012-4573, CVE-2012-5482) ERRATA 1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - Re: Re: [OSSA 2012-017] Authentication bypass for image deletion (CVE-2012-4573) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 996736 Python (Pip) Security Update for glance (GHSA-vwr9-9f8v-vp5m)
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