CVE-2012-4573
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The v1 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5482.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2012.1.1-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 2012.1.1-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 2012.1.1-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2012.1.1-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2012.1.1-2 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | glance | <11.0.0a0 | 11.0.0a0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openstack | essex | 2012.1 | |
| openstack | folsom | 2012.2 | |
| openstack | image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\) | - | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4573
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/6ab0992e5472ae3f9bef0d2ced41030655d9d2bc
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/90bcdc5a89e350a358cf320a03f5afe99795f6f6
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/efd7e75b1f419a52c7103c7840e24af8e5deb29d
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1065187
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79895
- https://github.com/openstack/glance
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/glance/PYSEC-2012-29.yaml
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092192.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/87248
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/118733/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2012-1558-01.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1558.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51174
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51234
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56437
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1626-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1626-2
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4573
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.