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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Oslo middleware vulnerability (USN-3666-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 110285

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3666-1 advisory.

 Divya K Konoor discovered Oslo middleware was vulnerable to an information disclosure. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information from OpenStack component error logs.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected python-oslo.middleware and / or python3-oslo.middleware packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3666-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 110285

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3666-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2018

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2592

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-oslo.middleware, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-oslo.middleware, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-oslo-middleware, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-oslo-middleware

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2592

USN: 3666-1