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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-1710-1: OpenStack Glance Credentials Exposed

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Calendar Grey January 29, 2013
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The recent Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1710-2 highlights a critical vulnerability in OpenStack Glance that may lead to unauthorized data access.
Glance could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

Glance could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:

- glance: OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service

Details:

Dan Prince discovered an issue in Glance error reporting. An authenticated

attacker could exploit this to expose the Glance operator's Swift

credentials for a misconfigured or otherwise unusable Swift endpoint.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical ubuntu info exposure network issue openstack glance

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
  python-glance                   2012.2.1-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  python-glance                   2012.1.3+stable~20120821-120fcf-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 11.10:
  python-glance                   2011.3-0ubuntu4.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1710-1

CVE-2013-0212

Severity
important
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Low
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Critical

=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1710-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical ubuntu info exposure network issue openstack glance

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glance/2012.2.1-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glance/2012.1.3+stable~20120821-120fcf-0ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glance/2011.3-0ubuntu4.2

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