# CVE-2012-5482: The v2 API in OpenStack Glance Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary non-protec

- Also known as: GHSA-VWR9-9F8V-VP5M, PYSEC-2012-30
- 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 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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/51174
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/b591304b8980d8aca8fa6cda9ea1621aca000c88
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/08/2
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1076506
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56437
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80019
- 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://osvdb.org/87248
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/fc0ee7623ec59c87ac6fc671e95a9798d6f2e2c3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00002.html

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