SB2017122107 - Denial of service in OpenStack
Published: December 21, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017122107
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18191)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to insufficient handling of encrypted volumes. A local attacker can swap encrypted volumes, corrupt the LUKS headers and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.