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  2. USN-6241-1

USN-6241-1: OpenStack vulnerability

Publication date

24 July 2023

Overview

OpenStack could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • cinder - OpenStack storage service
  • ironic - Openstack bare metal provisioning service
  • nova - OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure
  • python-glance-store - OpenStack Image Service store library
  • python-os-brick - Library for managing local volume attaches

Details

Jan Wasilewski and Gorka Eguileor discovered that OpenStack incorrectly
handled deleted volume attachments. An authenticated user or attacker could
possibly use this issue to gain access to sensitive information.

This update may require configuration changes, please see the upstream
advisory and the other links below for more information:

https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2023-003.html
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/cve-2023-2088-for-charmed-openstack/37051
https://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2023-July/034439.html

Jan Wasilewski and Gorka Eguileor discovered that OpenStack incorrectly
handled deleted volume attachments. An authenticated user or attacker could
possibly use this issue to gain access to sensitive information.

This update may require configuration changes, please see the upstream
advisory and the other links below for more information:

https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2023-003.html
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/cve-2023-2088-for-charmed-openstack/37051
https://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2023-July/034439.html

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.04 lunar python3-glance-store –  4.3.0-0ubuntu1.3
python3-cinder –  2:22.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
python3-ironic –  1:21.4.0-0ubuntu1.1
python3-os-brick –  6.2.0-0ubuntu2.3
python3-nova –  3:27.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
22.04 jammy python3-glance-store –  3.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
python3-cinder –  2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.1
python3-ironic –  1:20.1.0-0ubuntu1.1
python3-os-brick –  5.2.2-0ubuntu1.2
python3-nova –  3:25.1.1-0ubuntu1.1

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