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Debian DSA-4679-1 : keystone - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 136375

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A vulnerability was found in the EC2 credentials API of Keystone, the OpenStack identity service: Any user authenticated within a limited scope (trust/oauth/application credential) could create an EC2 credential with an escalated permission, such as obtaining 'admin' while the user is on a limited 'viewer' role.

Solution

Upgrade the keystone packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2:14.2.0-0+deb10u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=959900

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/keystone

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/keystone

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4679

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136375

File Name: debian_DSA-4679.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/7/2020

Updated: 5/7/2020

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:keystone

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2020

Reference Information

DSA: 4679