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Red Hat: RHSA-2015:0020-01 Moderate TLS Risk in python-keystoneclient

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Calendar Grey January 8, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new security advisory for python-keystoneclient highlights severe TLS vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenStack Platform, emphasizing the importance of updating for secure communication
Updated python-keystoneclient packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Python-keystoneclient is a client library and a command line utility for interacting with the OpenStack Identity API. The OpenStack Identity auth_token middleware component handles the authentication of tokens with keystone.
It was found that python-keystoneclient treated all settings in paste.ini files as string types. If the "insecure" option were set to any value in a paste.ini configuration file, it would be evaluated as true, resulting in TLS connections being vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2014-7144)
Note that when the "insecure" option was not set in paste.ini, it evaluated to false, and verification was performed.
All python-keystoneclient users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. After installing this update, all OpenStack services using auth_token must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat man-in-the-middle TLS OpenStack python-keystoneclient

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7144 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0:
Source: python-keystoneclient-0.7.1-5.el6ost.src.rpm
noarch: python-keystoneclient-0.7.1-5.el6ost.noarch.rpm python-keystoneclient-doc-0.7.1-5.el6ost.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0020-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0020.html
Issue date: 2015-01-08

Topic

Updated python-keystoneclient packages that fix one security issue are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat man-in-the-middle TLS OpenStack python-keystoneclient

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1143808 - CVE-2014-7144 python-keystoneclient: TLS certificate verification disabled

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