1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2248-1

USN-2248-1: OpenStack Cinder vulnerability

Publication date

18 June 2014

Overview

OpenStack Cinder could be made to run programs as an administrator under certain conditions.

Releases

Packages

  • cinder - OpenStack storage service

Details

Darragh O’Reilly discovered that the Ubuntu packaging for OpenStack Cinder
did not properly set up its sudo configuration. If a different flaw was
found in OpenStack Cinder, this vulnerability could be used to escalate
privileges. (CVE-2013-1068)

Darragh O’Reilly discovered that the Ubuntu packaging for OpenStack Cinder
did not properly set up its sudo configuration. If a different flaw was
found in OpenStack Cinder, this vulnerability could be used to escalate
privileges. (CVE-2013-1068)

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
14.04 trusty python-cinder –  1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.1
13.10 saucy python-cinder –  1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1.1

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