CVE-2015-5163

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5163
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-19 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:50:00 UTC
DescriptionThe import task action in OpenStack Image Service (Glance) 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo), when using the V2 API, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted backing file for a qcow2 image.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Glance 2015.1.0 All All All
Application Openstack Glance 2015.1.1 All All All
Application Openstack Glance 2015.1.0 All All All
Application Openstack Glance 2015.1.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
access.redhat.com | CVE-2015-5163 MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Bug #1471912 “[OSSA 2015-014] Format-guessing and file disclosur...” : Bugs : Glance CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net
OpenStack Open Source Cloud Computing Software » Message: [openstack-announce] [OSSA 2015-014] Glance v2 API host file disclosure through qcow2 backing file (CVE-2015-5163) MLIST lists.openstack.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
OpenStack Glance CVE-2015-5163 Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
1252378 – (CVE-2015-5163) CVE-2015-5163 openstack-glance: Glance v2 API host file disclosure through qcow2 backing file MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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