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openstack-heat-templates: multiple vulnerabilities

Package(s):openstack-heat-templates CVE #(s):CVE-2014-0040 CVE-2014-0041 CVE-2014-0042
Created:May 30, 2014 Updated:June 4, 2014
Description:

From the Red Hat advisory:

It was discovered that certain heat templates used HTTP to insecurely download packages and signing keys via Yum. An attacker could use this flaw to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to prevent essential security updates from being installed on the system. (CVE-2014-0040)

It was found that certain heat templates disabled SSL protection for various Yum repositories (sslverify=false). An attacker could use this flaw to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to prevent essential security updates from being installed on the system. (CVE-2014-0041)

It was discovered that certain heat templates disabled GPG signature checking of packages via Yum (gpgcheck=0). An attacker could use this flaw to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to install arbitrary packages on the system. (CVE-2014-0042)

Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2014:0579-01 openstack-heat-templates 2014-05-29

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