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title: "CVE-2012-5482\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5482

Publication date 11 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The v2 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of
an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-4573.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| glance | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2012.2-0ubuntu2.3 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5482)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5482)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5482)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5482)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/fc0ee7623ec59c87ac6fc671e95a9798d6f2e2c3>
* <https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/b591304b8980d8aca8fa6cda9ea1621aca000c88>
* <https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1076506>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/5>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/1>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/08/2>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/6>
* <http://secunia.com/advisories/51174>
* <http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00002.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5482>
