CVE-2015-5163

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5163
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-19 15:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #1471912 “[OSSA 2015-014] Format-guessing and file disclosur...” : Bugs : Glance af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
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) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.openstack.org
OpenStack Glance CVE-2015-5163 Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2015-5163 MITRE access.redhat.com
1252378 – (CVE-2015-5163) CVE-2015-5163 openstack-glance: Glance v2 API host file disclosure through qcow2 backing file MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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