Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2408-1
11th November, 2014
neutron vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
OpenStack Neutron would allow unintended access to configuration over the
network.
Software description
- neutron
– OpenStack Virtual Network Service
Details
Elena Ezhova discovered that OpenStack Neutron did not properly perform
access control checks for attributes. A remote authenticated attacker could
exploit this to bypass intended access controls and reset admin-only
attributes to default values.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
python-neutron
1:2014.1.3-0ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.