Ubuntu Security Notice 2311-2 - USN-2311-1 fixed vulnerabilities in pyCADF. This update provides the corresponding updates for OpenStack Ceilometer. 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. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2311-2
August 21, 2014
ceilometer vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
OpenStack Ceilometer could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software Description:
- ceilometer: OpenStack Telemetry service
Details:
USN-2311-1 fixed vulnerabilities in pyCADF. This update provides the
corresponding updates for OpenStack Ceilometer.
Original advisory 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:
ceilometer-common 2014.1.2-0ubuntu1.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2311-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2311-1
CVE-2014-4615
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ceilometer/2014.1.2-0ubuntu1.1