1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1764-1

USN-1764-1: OpenStack Glance vulnerability

Publication date

14 March 2013

Overview

Glance could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Releases

Packages

  • 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.

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

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
12.10 quantal python-glance –  2012.2.1-0ubuntu1.2
12.04 precise python-glance –  2012.1.3+stable~20120821-120fcf-0ubuntu1.5

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