# CVE-2012-4573: The v1 API in OpenStack Glance Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary non-protec

- Also known as: PYSEC-2012-29, GHSA-6RRM-XXVH-7R87
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 11.0.0a0
- Published: 2012-11-11 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- glance (PyPI): fixed in 11.0.0a0

## Description

The v1 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5482.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, glance, upgrade to a fixed version (11.0.0a0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/51174
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51234
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1626-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1558.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56437
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/90bcdc5a89e350a358cf320a03f5afe99795f6f6
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092192.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/5
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/118733/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2012-1558-01.html
- http://osvdb.org/87248
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/6ab0992e5472ae3f9bef0d2ced41030655d9d2bc
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1626-2
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1065187
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00002.html
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/efd7e75b1f419a52c7103c7840e24af8e5deb29d
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79895

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