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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2194-1
May 05, 2014

neutron vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 13.10

Summary:

OpenStack Neutron would allow unintended access to other tenant networks.

Software Description:

• 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:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2194-1
CVE-2014-0056

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/neutron/1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1.1

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