Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6989-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6989-1
September 04, 2024

ironic vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

– Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

OpenStack could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
– ironic: Openstack bare metal provisioning service – API

Details:

Dan Smith, Julia Kreger and Jay Faulkner discovered that in
image processing for Ironic, a specially crafted image
could be used by an authenticated user to exploit undesired behaviors
in qemu-img, including possible unauthorized access to potentially
sensitive data.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
python3-ironic 1:24.1.1-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
python3-ironic 1:20.1.0-0ubuntu1.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6989-1
CVE-2024-44082

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ironic/1:24.1.1-0ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ironic/1:20.1.0-0ubuntu1.2