Ubuntu Security Notice 2321-1 - Liping Mao discovered that OpenStack Neutron did not properly handle requests for a large number of allowed address pairs. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. Zhi Kun Liu discovered that OpenStack Neutron 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-2321-1
August 21, 2014
neutron vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
OpenStack Neutron could be made to expose sensitive information or crash.
Software Description:
- neutron: OpenStack Virtual Network Service
Details:
Liping Mao discovered that OpenStack Neutron did not properly handle
requests for a large number of allowed address pairs. A remote
authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-3555)
Zhi Kun Liu discovered that OpenStack Neutron incorrectly filtered certain
tokens. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain authentication
tokens used in REST requests. (CVE-2014-4615)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
neutron-common 1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2321-1
CVE-2014-3555, CVE-2014-4615
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/neutron/1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1.1