USN-2249-1: OpenStack Heat vulnerability

Publication date

18 June 2014

Overview

OpenStack Heat would expose sensitive information over the network.

Releases


Packages

  • heat - OpenStack Orchestration Service

Details

Jason Dunsmore discovered that OpenStack heat did not properly restrict
access to template information. A remote authenticated attacker could
exploit this to see URL provider templates of other tenants for a limited
time.

Jason Dunsmore discovered that OpenStack heat did not properly restrict
access to template information. A remote authenticated attacker could
exploit this to see URL provider templates of other tenants for a limited
time.

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-heat –  2014.1-0ubuntu1.1

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