CVE-2015-1195 OpenStack Glance v2 API unrestricted path traversal through filesystem:// scheme

What is CVE-2015-1195?

CVE-2015-1195 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jan 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1195?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including glance. It affects 1 product.

Products include Openstack Image Registry and Delivery Service \(Glance\).

How do I fix CVE-2015-1195?

Upgrade glance to 11.0.0a0 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2015-1195 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1195 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2015-5286 OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass storage quota, cause denial of service Medium 6.8
• CVE-2015-5251 OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions Medium 5.5
• CVE-2014-9493 Path traversal in n/a Medium 5.5
• CVE-2016-0757 OpenStack Image Service (Glance) vulnerable to Improper Access Control Medium 4.3
• CVE-2014-9684 OpenStack Glance Denial of service by creating a large number of images Medium 4.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1195, GHSA-pwrj-f53c-f89j, PYSEC-2026-815.