Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1710-1
29th January, 2013
glance vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
Summary
Glance could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software description
- glance - OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service
Details
Dan Prince discovered an issue in Glance error reporting. An authenticated
attacker could exploit this to expose the Glance operator's Swift
credentials for a misconfigured or otherwise unusable Swift endpoint.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 12.10:
- python-glance 2012.2.1-0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- python-glance 2012.1.3+stable~20120821-120fcf-0ubuntu1.3
- Ubuntu 11.10:
- python-glance 2011.3-0ubuntu4.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.