Packages
- cinder - OpenStack storage service
Details
USN-5835-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Cinder. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. In addition, a regression was
fixed for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Guillaume Espanel, Pierre Libeau, Arnaud Morin, and Damien Rannou
discovered that Cinder incorrectly handled VMDK image processing. An
authenticated attacker could possibly supply a specially crafted VMDK flat
image and obtain arbitrary files from the server containing sensitive
information.
USN-5835-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Cinder. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. In addition, a regression was
fixed for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Guillaume Espanel, Pierre Libeau, Arnaud Morin, and Damien Rannou
discovered that Cinder incorrectly handled VMDK image processing. An
authenticated attacker could possibly supply a specially crafted VMDK flat
image and obtain arbitrary files from the server containing sensitive
information.
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to restart Cinder to make all the
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 20.04 focal | python3-cinder – 2:16.4.2-0ubuntu2.2 | ||
| 18.04 bionic | python-cinder – 2:12.0.10-0ubuntu2.2 | ||
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