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[USN-2311-1] pyCADF vulnerability

Posted on 11 August 2014
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2311-1
August 11, 2014

python-pycadf vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

pyCADF could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- python-pycadf: implementation of DMTF Cloud Audit (CADF) data model

Details:

Zhi Kun Liu discovered that pyCADF incorrectly filtered certain tokens.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain authentication tokens=

used in REST requests.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
python-pycadf 0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1

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


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2311-1
CVE-2014-4615

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pycadf/0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1

 

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