1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6989-1

USN-6989-1: OpenStack vulnerability

Publication date

4 September 2024

Overview

OpenStack could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • ironic - Openstack bare metal provisioning service - API

Details

Dan Smith, Julia Kreger and Jay Faulkner discovered that in
image processing for Ironic, a specially crafted image
could be used by an authenticated user to exploit undesired behaviors
in qemu-img, including possible unauthorized access to potentially
sensitive data.

Dan Smith, Julia Kreger and Jay Faulkner discovered that in
image processing for Ironic, a specially crafted image
could be used by an authenticated user to exploit undesired behaviors
in qemu-img, including possible unauthorized access to potentially
sensitive data.

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
24.04 noble python3-ironic –  1:24.1.1-0ubuntu1.2
22.04 jammy python3-ironic –  1:20.1.0-0ubuntu1.2

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