Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1764-1
14th March, 2013
glance vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Glance could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software description
- glance - OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service
Details
Stuart McLaren discovered an issue with Glance v1 API requests. An
authenticated attacker could exploit this to expose the Glance operator's
Swift and/or S3 credentials via the response headers when requesting a
cached image.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 12.10:
- python-glance 2012.2.1-0ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- python-glance 2012.1.3+stable~20120821-120fcf-0ubuntu1.5
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.