=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2703-1
August 06, 2015
cinder vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
Summary:
Cinder could be made to access unintended files over the network by an
authenticated user.
Software Description:
- cinder: OpenStack storage service
Details:
Bastian Blank discovered that Cinder guessed image formats based on
untrusted data. An attacker could use this to read arbitrary files from
the Cinder host.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.04:
python-cinder 1:2015.1.0-0ubuntu1.1
After a standard system update you need to restart cinder to make all the
necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2703-1
CVE-2015-1851
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cinder/1:2015.1.0-0ubuntu1.1