CVE-2015-1195: openstack image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\) Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-1195 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in openstack image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\). EPSS estimates a 2.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 21-01-2015
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The V2 API in OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to read or delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in a filesystem: URL in the image location property. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-9493.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.