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Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : keystone (cve_2014_2828_authentication_issues)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80657

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Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

 - The V3 API in OpenStack Identity (Keystone) 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of the same authentication method in a request, aka 'authentication chaining.' (CVE-2014-2828)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11.2.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

http://www.nessus.org/u?8edafe49

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80657

File Name: solaris11_keystone_20140731.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:keystone

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2828