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title: "CVE-2014-0162\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-0162

Publication date 27 April 2014

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 Sheepdog backend in OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service
(Glance) 2013.2 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2 allows
remote authenticated users with permission to insert or modify an image to
execute arbitrary commands via a crafted location.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0162?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| glance | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0162?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

fixed in 1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1 in saucy-updates. Needs a no-change
rebuild for saucy-security

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| glance | * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/86626/> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/#/c/86622/> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0162)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0162)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0162)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0162)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2193-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2193-1)
+ OpenStack Glance vulnerability
+ 5 May 2014

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/10/13>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0162>