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Debian: DSA-4044-1 Critical: Swauth Clear Text Logging Issue

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2017
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Essential patch for swauth resolving a security vulnerability in token logging, now released for Debian platforms.
A vulnerability has been discovered in swauth, an authentication system for Swift, a distributed virtual object store used in Openstack

Summary

The authentication token for an user is saved in clear text to the log file,
which could enable an attacker with access to the logs to bypass the
authentication provided by swauth.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.0-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your swauth packages.

For the detailed security status of swauth please refer to
its security tracker page at:


Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: swauth
CVE ID: CVE-2017-16613

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