Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Keystone vulnerabilities (USN-2705-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85253

Synopsis

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

Description

Qin Zhao discovered Keystone disabled certification verification when the 'insecure' option is set in a paste configuration (paste.ini) file regardless of the value, which allows remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks via a crafted certificate. (CVE-2014-7144)

Brant Knudson discovered Keystone disabled certification verification when the 'insecure' option is set in a paste configuration (paste.ini) file regardless of the value, which allows remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks via a crafted certificate. (CVE-2015-1852).

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Solution

Update the affected python-keystoneclient package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2705-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85253

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2705-1.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/6/2015

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: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1852

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-keystoneclient, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7144, CVE-2015-1852

USN: 2705-1