CVE-2013-1840

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1840
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-22 21:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe v1 API in OpenStack Glance Essex (2012.1), Folsom (2012.2), and Grizzly, when using the single-tenant Swift or S3 store, reports the location field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the operator's backend credentials via a request for a cached image.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Amazon S3 Store - All All All
Application Openstack Essex 2012.1 All All All
Application Openstack Folsom 2012.2 All All All
Application Openstack Glance v1 All All All
Application Openstack Swift - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1764-1: OpenStack Glance vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
oss-security - [OSSA 2013-007] Backend credentials leak in Glance v1 API (CVE-2013-1840) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA52565 - OpenStack Glance Backend Information Disclosure Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/91304 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
OpenStack Glance CVE-2013-1840 Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug #1135541 “[OSSA 2013-007] v1 api returns location as header ...” : Bugs : Glance af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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