=========================================================================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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2321-1
CVE-2014-3555, CVE-2014-4615
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/neutron/1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1.1