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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-2406-1 Critical: OpenStack Keystone Info Exposure

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Calendar Grey November 11, 2014
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Security Update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS concerning the OpenStack Keystone vulnerability, which may inadvertently expose confidential information via the network.
OpenStack Keystone could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

OpenStack Keystone could be made to expose sensitive information over the

network.

Software Description:

- keystone: OpenStack identity service

Details:

Brant Knudson discovered that OpenStack Keystone did not properly perform

input sanitization when performing endpoint catalog substitution. A remote

attacker with privileged access for creating endpoints could exploit this

to obtain sensitive information.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu critical threat information exposure openstack

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-keystone                 1:2014.1.3-0ubuntu2.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2406-1

CVE-2014-3621

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=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2406-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu critical threat information exposure openstack

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/keystone/1:2014.1.3-0ubuntu2.1

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