USN-2194-1: OpenStack Neutron vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.10

Packages

• neutron - Openstack Virtual Network Service

Details

Aaron Rosen discovered that OpenStack Neutron did not properly perform
authorization checks when creating ports when using plugins relying on the
l3-agent. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to access the
network of other tenants.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.10

• python-neutron - 1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1.1

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

References

• CVE-2014-0056