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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-2405-1: Critical Cinder Info Leak Advisory

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Calendar Grey November 11, 2014
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4908-1 discloses nova vulnerabilities risking unauthorized access to confidential data via the internet.
OpenStack Cinder could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

OpenStack Cinder could be made to expose sensitive information over the

network.

Software Description:

- cinder: OpenStack storage service

Details:

Duncan Thomas discovered that OpenStack Cinder did not properly track the

file format when using the GlusterFS of Smbfs drivers. A remote

authenticated user could exploit this to potentially obtain file contents

from the compute host. (CVE-2014-3641)

Amrith Kumar discovered that OpenStack Cinder did not properly sanitize log

message contents. Under certain circumstances, a local attacker with read

access to Cinder log files could obtain access to sensitive information.

(CVE-2014-7230)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Ubuntu information exposure network attack OpenStack cinder

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-cinder                   1:2014.1.3-0ubuntu1.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2405-1

CVE-2014-3641, CVE-2014-7230

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=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2405-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Ubuntu information exposure network attack OpenStack cinder

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cinder/1:2014.1.3-0ubuntu1.1

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