Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : OpenStack Neutron vulnerabilities (USN-2255-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 76250

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2255-1 advisory.

Darragh O'Reilly discovered that the Ubuntu packaging for OpenStack Neutron did not properly set up its sudo configuration. If a different flaw was found in OpenStack Neutron, this vulnerability could be used to escalate privileges. (CVE-2013-6433)

Stephen Ma and Christoph Thiel discovered that the openvswitch-agent in OpenStack Neutron did not properly perform input validation when creating security group rules when specifying --remote-ip-prefix. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to prevent application of additional rules. (CVE-2014-0187)

Thiago Martins discovered that OpenStack Neutron would inappropriately apply SNAT rules to IPv6 subnets when using the L3-agent. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to prevent floating IPv4 addresses from being attached throughout the cloud. (CVE-2014-4167)

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2255-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 76250

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2255-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/26/2014

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0187

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4167

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-linuxbridge-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-cisco, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-openflow-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-brocade, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-plumgrid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-midonet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-metering-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-neutron, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-dhcp-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-bigswitch-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-mlnx, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-l3-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-ryu-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-vmware, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-nicira, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-oneconvergence, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-nec, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-metaplugin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-vpn-agent, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-bigswitch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-ryu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-vpn-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-ml2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-lbaas-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-ibm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-oneconvergence-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-mlnx-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-linuxbridge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-nec-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-metadata-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-openvswitch-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-ibm-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-hyperv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neutron-plugin-metering-agent

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6433, CVE-2014-0187, CVE-2014-4167

BID: 67012, 67804, 68064

USN: 2255-1