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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2249-1

Posted on 19 June 2014
Source : packetstormsecurity.org Link

 

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2249-1
June 18, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

OpenStack Heat would expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:
- heat: OpenStack Orchestration Service

Details:

Jason Dunsmore discovered that OpenStack heat did not properly restrict
access to template information. A remote authenticated attacker could
exploit this to see URL provider templates of other tenants for a limited
time.

Update instructions:

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

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

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2249-1
CVE-2014-3801

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

 

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