=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2703-1
August 06, 2015

cinder vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04

Summary:

Cinder could be made to access unintended files over the network by an
authenticated user.

Software Description:
- cinder: OpenStack storage service

Details:

Bastian Blank discovered that Cinder guessed image formats based on
untrusted data. An attacker could use this to read arbitrary files from
the Cinder host.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04:
  python-cinder                   1:2015.1.0-0ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to restart cinder to make all the
necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2703-1
  CVE-2015-1851

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cinder/1:2015.1.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 2703-1: Cinder vulnerability

August 6, 2015
Cinder could be made to access unintended files over the network by anauthenticated user.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.04: python-cinder 1:2015.1.0-0ubuntu1.1 After a standard system update you need to restart cinder to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2703-1

CVE-2015-1851

Severity
August 06, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cinder/1:2015.1.0-0ubuntu1.1

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