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[USN-2248-1] OpenStack Cinder vulnerability

Posted on 18 June 2014
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2248-1
June 18, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 13.10

Summary:

OpenStack Cinder could be made to run programs as an administrator under
certain conditions.

Software Description:
- cinder: OpenStack storage service

Details:

Darragh O'Reilly discovered that the Ubuntu packaging for OpenStack Cinde=
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did not properly set up its sudo configuration. If a different flaw was
found in OpenStack Cinder, this vulnerability could be used to escalate
privileges. (CVE-2013-1068)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
python-cinder 1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 13.10:
python-cinder 1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1.1

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


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2248-1
CVE-2013-1068

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cinder/1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cinder/1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1.1

 

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