USN-6073-4: os-brick vulnerability

Publication date

11 May 2023

Overview

os-brick could be made to expose sensitive information.


Packages

Details

Jan Wasilewski and Gorka Eguileor discovered that os-brick 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 to be completely effective,
please see the upstream advisory for more information:

https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2023-003.html

Jan Wasilewski and Gorka Eguileor discovered that os-brick 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 to be completely effective,
please see the upstream advisory for more information:

https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2023-003.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-os-brick –  6.2.0-0ubuntu2.1
22.10 kinetic python3-os-brick –  6.1.0-0ubuntu1.1
22.04 jammy python3-os-brick –  5.2.2-0ubuntu1
20.04 focal python3-os-brick –  3.0.8-0ubuntu1.1

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