CVE-2013-4428 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2013-4428?

CVE-2013-4428 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 27 Oct 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) Folsom, Grizzly before 2013.1.4, and Havana before 2013.2, when the download_image policy is configured, does not properly restrict access to cached images, which allows remote authenticated users to read otherwise restricted images via an image UUID.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4428?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Openstack Glance.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4428?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2013-4428 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4428 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4428, GHSA-hv7x-f537-wh3x, RHSA-2013:1525.