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USN-2408-1: OpenStack Neutron vulnerability

11 November 2014

OpenStack Neutron would allow unintended access to configuration over the network.

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Releases

Packages

  • neutron - OpenStack Virtual Network Service

Details

Elena Ezhova discovered that OpenStack Neutron did not properly perform
access control checks for attributes. A remote authenticated attacker could
exploit this to bypass intended access controls and reset admin-only
attributes to default values.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References