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CVE-2015-5163: OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary file

May 17, 2022 (updated November 26, 2024)

The 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.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1639
  • access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5163
  • bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1471912
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252378
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-q73f-vjc2-3gqf
  • github.com/openstack/glance
  • github.com/openstack/glance/commit/eb99e45829a1b4c93db5692bdbf636a86faa56c4
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/glance/PYSEC-2015-39.yaml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5163
  • web.archive.org/web/20200228024903/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76346

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2015.1.0 before 2015.1.2

Fixed versions

  • 2015.1.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 2015.1.2 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Source file

pypi/glance/CVE-2015-5163.yml

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