Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : OpenStack Glance vulnerability (USN-2322-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77322

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Thomas Leaman and Stuart McLaren discovered that OpenStack Glance did not properly honor the image_size_cap configuration option. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via disk consumption.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2322-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77322

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2322-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/22/2014

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-5356

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

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: 8/21/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5356

USN: 2322-1