CVE-2014-9493

Published: Jan 7, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264

5.5MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

The V2 API in OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) before 2014.2.2 and 2014.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to read or delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in a file: URL in the image location property.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:SAuthentication

Single

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

redhat

commercial·USaka red hat

openstackOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

openstack

oss-project·USaka openstack foundation

image registry and delivery service \(glance\)On-prem

Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0246.html

rhn.redhat.com

https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1400966

bugs.launchpad.net

https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2014-041.html

security.openstack.org

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