OpenStack keystonemiddleware (formerly python-keystoneclient) 0.x before 0.11.0 and 1.x before 1.2.0 disables 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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1784 advisory.

    Python-keystoneclient is a client library and a command line utility for     interacting with the OpenStack Identity API.

    It was found that Python-keystoneclient treated all settings in paste.ini     files as string types. If the insecure option were set to any value in a     paste.ini configuration file, it would be evaluated as true, resulting in     TLS connections being vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
    (CVE-2014-7144)

    Note that when the insecure option was not set in paste.ini, it evaluated     to false, and verification was performed.

    This update also fixes the following bugs:

    * Previously, when running Python-keystoneclient in the DEBUG log level,     sensitive data may have been logged in plain text. Refer to the OSSN-0024     document, linked to in the References, for further information.
    (BZ#1106328)

    * Previously, when attempting to enable the use of the s3_token middleware,     for use with the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) APIs, a No     module named webob error was returned. (BZ#1133431)

    All python-keystoneclient users are advised to upgrade to these updated     packages, which correct these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2705-1 advisory.

    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     machine-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     machine-in-the-middle attacks via a crafted certificate. (CVE-2015-1852)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

  - OpenStack keystonemiddleware (formerly     python-keystoneclient) 0.x before 0.11.0 and 1.x before     1.2.0 disables 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)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
194002	RHEL 7 : python-keystoneclient (RHSA-2014:1784)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
85253	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Keystone vulnerabilities (USN-2705-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
80660	Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : keystone (cve_2014_7144_cryptographic_issues)	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	medium

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