USN-1626-2: Glance vulnerability

9 November 2012

Glance could be made to delete arbitrary images.

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Releases

Packages

  • glance - OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service

Details

USN-1626-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the v1 API of Glance. This update
provides the corresponding updates for the v2 API.

Original advisory details:

Gabe Westmaas discovered that Glance did not always properly enforce access
controls when deleting images. An authenticated user could delete arbitrary
images by using the v1 API under certain circumstances.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.10

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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