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Ubuntu: 4036-1 Moderate Risk of Neutron Security Bypass Error

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A system hardening measure could be bypassed.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4036-1
June 25, 2019

neutron vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

A system hardening measure could be bypassed.

Software Description:
- neutron: OpenStack Virtual Network Service

Details:

Erik Olof Gunnar Andersson discovered that OpenStack Neutron incorrectly
handled certain security group rules in the iptables firewall module. An
authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to block further
application of security group rules for other instances.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
  python-neutron                  2:13.0.2-0ubuntu3.4
  python3-neutron                 2:13.0.2-0ubuntu3.4

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  python-neutron                  2:8.4.0-0ubuntu7.4

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4036-1
  CVE-2019-9735

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/neutron/2:13.0.2-0ubuntu3.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/neutron/2:8.4.0-0ubuntu7.4

Ubuntu: 4036-1 Moderate Risk of Neutron Security Bypass Error

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Calendar Grey June 25, 2019
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Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-4036-1 outlines a weakness in neutron that permits authenticated users to circumvent security protocols.
A system hardening measure could be bypassed.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10: python-neutron 2:13.0.2-0ubuntu3.4 python3-neutron 2:13.0.2-0ubuntu3.4 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: python-neutron 2:8.4.0-0ubuntu7.4 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4036-1

CVE-2019-9735

June 25, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/neutron/2:13.0.2-0ubuntu3.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/neutron/2:8.4.0-0ubuntu7.4

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