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Ubuntu: 2207-1 Moderate Timing Attack: OpenStack Swift File Access

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Calendar Grey May 6, 2014
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OpenStack Swift flaw exposes unauthorized file access. Upgrade Ubuntu to address crucial security threat.
OpenStack Swift would allow unintended access to files over the network.

Summary

OpenStack Swift would allow unintended access to files over the network.

Software Description:

- swift: OpenStack distributed virtual object store

Details:

Samuel Merritt discovered a timing attack vulnerability in OpenStack Swift.

If Swift was configured to use the TempURL middleware, an attacker could

exploit this to guess valid secret URLs and obtain unintended access to

objects publicly shared with specific recipients.

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Topics Covered

security advisory timing attack file access ubuntu openstack swift

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
  python-swift                    1.10.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  python-swift                    1.7.4-0ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  python-swift                    1.4.8-0ubuntu2.4

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2207-1

CVE-2014-0006

Severity
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Critical

=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2207-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory timing attack file access ubuntu openstack swift

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/swift/1.10.0-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/swift/1.7.4-0ubuntu2.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/swift/1.4.8-0ubuntu2.4

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