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Posted on 03 September 2013
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: python-glanceclient security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1200-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1200.html
Issue date: 2013-09-03
CVE Names: CVE-2013-4111
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1. Summary:
An updated python-glanceclient package that fixes one security issue is now
available for Red Hat OpenStack 3.0.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
OpenStack 3 - noarch
3. Description:
The python-glanceclient package provides a client for the OpenStack Glance
API.
It was discovered that the Python Glance client did not properly check
SSL certificates. An attacker could use this flaw to conduct
man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2013-4111)
Red Hat would like to thank the OpenStack project for reporting this issue.
Upstream acknowledges Thomas Leaman of HP as the original reporter.
All users of python-glanceclient are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which corrects this issue.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
989738 - CVE-2013-4111 OpenStack: python-glanceclient failing SSL certificate check
6. Package List:
OpenStack 3:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHOS/SRPMS/python-glanceclient-0.9.0-2.el6ost.src.rpm
noarch:
python-glanceclient-0.9.0-2.el6ost.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-4111.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
