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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : OpenStack Glance vulnerabilities (USN-3446-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103809

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Hemanth Makkapati discovered that OpenStack Glance incorrectly handled access restrictions. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to change the status of images, contrary to access restrictions.
(CVE-2015-5251)

Mike Fedosin and Alexei Galkin discovered that OpenStack Glance incorrectly handled the storage quota. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to consume disk resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5286)

Erno Kuvaja discovered that OpenStack Glance incorrectly handled the show_multiple_locations option. When show_multiple_locations is enabled, a remote authenticated user could change an image status and upload new image data. (CVE-2016-0757).

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3446-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103809

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3446-1.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2017

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5251

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0757

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glance-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glance-registry, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-glance, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glance, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glance-api

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5251, CVE-2015-5286, CVE-2016-0757

USN: 3446-1