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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2002-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2002-1
Posted Oct 23, 2013
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2002-1 - Chmouel Boudjnah discovered that Keystone did not properly invalidate user tokens when a tenant was disabled which allowed an authenticated user to retain access via the token. Kieran Spear discovered that Keystone did not properly verify PKI tokens when performing revocation when using the memcache and KVS backends. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2013-4222, CVE-2013-4294, CVE-2013-4222, CVE-2013-4294
MD5 | 2787b2fc28baaa1906fc542913c6e1b1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2002-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2002-1
October 23, 2013

keystone vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

Keystone would improperly grant access to invalid tokens under certain
circumstances.

Software Description:
- keystone: OpenStack identity service

Details:

Chmouel Boudjnah discovered that Keystone did not properly invalidate user
tokens when a tenant was disabled which allowed an authenticated user to
retain access via the token. (CVE-2013-4222)

Kieran Spear discovered that Keystone did not properly verify PKI tokens
when performing revocation when using the memcache and KVS backends. An
authenticated attacker could exploit this to bypass intended access
restrictions. (CVE-2013-4294)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.04:
python-keystone 1:2013.1.3-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
python-keystone 2012.2.4-0ubuntu3.2

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2002-1
CVE-2013-4222, CVE-2013-4294

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/keystone/1:2013.1.3-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/keystone/2012.2.4-0ubuntu3.2

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