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[USN-2208-2] OpenStack Quantum vulnerability

Posted on 07 May 2014
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2208-2
May 06, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

OpenStack Quantum could be made to expose sensitive information over the
network.

Software Description:
- quantum: OpenStack Virtual Network Service

Details:

USN-2208-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenStack Cinder. This update provide=
s
the corresponding updates for OpenStack Quantum.

Original advisory details:

JuanFra Rodriguez Cardoso discovered that OpenStack Cinder did not enfor=
ce
SSL connections when Nova was configured to use QPid and qpid_protocol i=
s
set to 'ssl'. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-mid=
dle
attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information. Ubun=
tu
does not use QPid with Nova by default.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
python-quantum 2012.2.4-0ubuntu1.1

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


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2208-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2208-1
CVE-2013-6491

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quantum/2012.2.4-0ubuntu1.1

 

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