Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 666
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 666

CentOS OpenCloud: CESA-2013-0451-02 Critical Password Safety Update

Redhat Large Esm H500
Updated openstack-glance packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat OpenStack Folsom. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: openstack-glance security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2013:0209-01
Product:           Red Hat OpenStack
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0209.html
Issue date:        2013-01-30
CVE Names:         CVE-2013-0212 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

Updated openstack-glance packages that fix one security issue are now
available for Red Hat OpenStack Folsom.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the
CVE link in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

OpenStack Folsom - noarch

3. Description:

These packages provide a service (code name Glance) that acts as a registry
for virtual machine images.

It was found that when the OpenStack Glance front-end communicated with an
OpenStack Swift endpoint, the operator credentials could be logged in
plain text when certain errors occurred during new image creation. An
authenticated user could use this flaw to gain administrative access to an
OpenStack Swift endpoint. (CVE-2013-0212)

This issue was discovered by Dan Prince of Red Hat.

All users of openstack-glance are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which correct this issue. After installing the updated packages,
the Glance services (openstack-glance-api and openstack-glance-registry)
will be restarted automatically.

4. 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/knowledge/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

902964 - CVE-2013-0212 openstack-glance: Backend password leak in Glance error message

6. Package List:

OpenStack Folsom:

Source:

noarch:
openstack-glance-2012.2.1-4.el6ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-glance-doc-2012.2.1-4.el6ost.noarch.rpm
python-glance-2012.2.1-4.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/#package

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0212
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFRCYvkXlSAg2UNWIIRAnTHAJwIrOaynBQ+3TQOfXMl9dL8YhPTdQCgtF+G
yKXYcSun7C1o3Wccbd9IA+s=melS
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


-- 
Enterprise-watch-list mailing list
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

CentOS OpenCloud: CESA-2013-0451-02 Critical Password Safety Update

red hat
Calendar Grey January 30, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial announcement for Red Hat OpenShift: openshift-images addresses a significant vulnerability discovered during the process of image deployment.
Updated openstack-glance packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat OpenStack Folsom

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Summary

These packages provide a service (code name Glance) that acts as a registry for virtual machine images.
It was found that when the OpenStack Glance front-end communicated with an OpenStack Swift endpoint, the operator credentials could be logged in plain text when certain errors occurred during new image creation. An authenticated user could use this flaw to gain administrative access to an OpenStack Swift endpoint. (CVE-2013-0212)
This issue was discovered by Dan Prince of Red Hat.
All users of openstack-glance are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. After installing the updated packages, the Glance services (openstack-glance-api and openstack-glance-registry) will be restarted automatically.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0212 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

OpenStack Folsom:
Source:
noarch: openstack-glance-2012.2.1-4.el6ost.noarch.rpm openstack-glance-doc-2012.2.1-4.el6ost.noarch.rpm python-glance-2012.2.1-4.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/#package


Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0209-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Issue date: 2013-01-30

Topic

Updated openstack-glance packages that fix one security issue are nowavailable for Red Hat OpenStack Folsom.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from theCVE link in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

OpenStack Folsom - noarch

Bugs Fixed

902964 - CVE-2013-0212 openstack-glance: Backend password leak in Glance error message

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here