[USN-2311-1] pyCADF vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2311-1
August 11, 2014

python-pycadf vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

pyCADF could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- python-pycadf: implementation of DMTF Cloud Audit (CADF) data model

Details:

Zhi Kun Liu discovered that pyCADF incorrectly filtered certain tokens.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain authentication tokens
used in REST requests.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-pycadf                   0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2311-1
  CVE-2014-4615

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pycadf/0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1


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