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TI-2014-04372 Aliases CVE-2014-5356GHSA-479j-jf2p-38pg

OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) before 2013.2.4, 2014.x before…

Priority LOW 23CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) before 2013.2.4, 2014.x before 2014.1.3, and Juno before Juno-3, when using the V2 API, does not properly enforce the image_size_cap configuration option, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by uploading a large image.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02145 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed glance (PyPI): 11.0.0a0Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—glance (PyPI)before 11.0.0a011.0.0a0Patch availableGHSA-479j-jf2p-38pg
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • glance (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 11.0.0a0 Fixed in 11.0.0a0 Patch available GHSA-479j-jf2p-38pg

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2013.2.3VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2013.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2013.2VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2013.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2013.2.1VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2013.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2013.2.2VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2014.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2014.1VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2014.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2014.1.1VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2014.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2014.1.2VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):juno-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*juno-1VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):juno-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*juno-2VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*14.04VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2013.2.3 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2013.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2013.2 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2013.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2013.2.1 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2013.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2013.2.2 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2014.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2014.1 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2014.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2014.1.1 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2014.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2014.1.2 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):juno-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions juno-1 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):juno-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions juno-2 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 14.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-479j-jf2p-38pg glance (PyPI) Fixed in 11.0.0a0 Advisory →

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2014:1685 Released 2014-10-22 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-glance security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 openstack-glance-2013.2.4-1.el6ost, openstack-glance-doc-2013.2.4-1.el6ost, python-glance-2013.2.4-1.el6ost
  • RHSA-2014:1337 Released 2014-09-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-glance security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 openstack-glance-2014.1.2-3.el7ost, openstack-glance-doc-2014.1.2-3.el7ost, python-glance-2014.1.2-3.el7ost
  • RHSA-2014:1338 Released 2014-09-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-glance security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 openstack-glance-2014.1.2-5.el6ost, openstack-glance-doc-2014.1.2-5.el6ost, python-glance-2014.1.2-5.el6ost

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0Fixed RHSA-2014:1685
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed RHSA-2014:1338
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2014:1337

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-5356
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-479j-jf2p-38pg

References

Advisory 5

Other 6

Sources

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