CVE-2015-5251 OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions

What is CVE-2015-5251?

CVE-2015-5251 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Oct 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenStack Image Service (Glance) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) allow remote authenticated users to change the status of their images and bypass access restrictions via the HTTP x-image-meta-status header to images/*.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5251?

5 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-2015-5251?

Upgrade glance to a fixed version for your release line: 2014.2.4 or 2015.1.2.

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

Is CVE-2015-5251 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5251 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-2015-1195 OpenStack Glance v2 API unrestricted path traversal through filesystem:// scheme Medium 6.5
• 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-2015-5251, GHSA-q748-mcwg-xmqv, PYSEC-2026-816, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5251.