Ubuntu Security Notice 2311-1 - 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.
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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