Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : nova regression (USN-1466-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 59471

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Synopsis

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

Description

USN 1466-1 fixed a vulnerability in Nova. The upstream patch introduced a regression when a security group granted full access and therefore the network protocol was left unset, causing an error in processing. This update fixes the issue.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

It was discovered that, when defining security groups in Nova using the EC2 or OS APIs, specifying the network protocol (e.g. 'TCP') in the incorrect case would cause the security group to not be applied correctly. An attacker could use this to bypass Nova security group restrictions.

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Solution

Update the affected python-nova package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59471

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1466-2.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2012

Reference Information

BID: 53875

USN: 1466-2

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