Exploit/Advisories

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5835-2
January 31, 2023

glance vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

OpenStack Glance could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- glance: OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service

Details:

Guillaume Espanel, Pierre Libeau, Arnaud Morin, and Damien Rannou
discovered that OpenStack Glance incorrectly handled VMDK image processing.
An authenticated attacker could possibly supply a specially crafted VMDK
flat image and obtain arbitrary files from the server containing sensitive
information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10:
glance-common 2:25.0.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
glance-common 2:24.1.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
glance-common 2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5835-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5835-1
CVE-2022-47951

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glance/2:25.0.0-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glance/2:24.1.0-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glance/2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.1

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