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Ubuntu: USN-3448-1 (CVE-2017-2673): OpenStack Keystone vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3448-1 (CVE-2017-2673): OpenStack Keystone vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/11/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

An authorization-check flaw was discovered in federation configurations of the OpenStack Identity service (keystone). An authenticated federated user could request permissions to a project and unintentionally be granted all related roles including administrative roles.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-keystone
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python-keystone

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