Ubuntu Security Notice 2322-1 - Thomas Leaman and Stuart McLaren discovered that OpenStack Glance did not properly honor the image_size_cap configuration option. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via disk consumption.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2322-1
August 21, 2014
glance vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
OpenStack Glance could be made to stop serving requests.
Software Description:
- glance: OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service
Details:
Thomas Leaman and Stuart McLaren discovered that OpenStack Glance did not
properly honor the image_size_cap configuration option. A remote
authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via
disk consumption.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
glance-common 1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2322-1
CVE-2014-5356
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glance/1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1.1