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Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : glance vulnerability (USN-1710-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64291

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Dan Prince discovered an issue in Glance error reporting. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to expose the Glance operator's Swift credentials for a misconfigured or otherwise unusable Swift endpoint.

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Solution

Update the affected python-glance package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1710-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64291

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1710-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/30/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-glance

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0212

BID: 57612

USN: 1710-1