[USN-2705-1] Keystone vulnerabilities

[Seth Arnold]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2705-1
August 06, 2015

python-keystoneclient, python-keystonemiddleware vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Keystone could be made to expose sensitive information over the
network.

Software Description:
- python-keystoneclient: Client library for OpenStack Identity API
- python-keystonemiddleware: Client library for OpenStack Identity API

Details:

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)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  python-keystoneclient           1:1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1
  python-keystonemiddleware       1.5.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-keystoneclient           1:0.7.1-ubuntu1.2

After a standard system update you need to restart Keystone to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2705-1
  CVE-2014-7144, CVE-2015-1852

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-keystoneclient/1:1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-keystonemiddleware/1.5.0-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-keystoneclient/1:0.7.1-ubuntu1.2

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