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title: "CVE-2013-1840\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1840

Publication date 14 March 2013

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 v1 API in OpenStack Glance Essex (2012.1), Folsom (2012.2), and
Grizzly, when using the single-tenant Swift or S3 store, reports the
location field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the
operator's backend credentials via a request for a cached image.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| glance | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2012.2.1-0ubuntu1.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2012.1.3+stable~20120821-120fcf-0ubuntu1.5 |
| 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-2013-1840)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1840)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1840)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1840)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1764-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1764-1)
+ OpenStack Glance vulnerability
+ 14 March 2013

### Other references

* <https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg21891.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1840>