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PYSEC-2014-97

Quick fix

PYSEC-2014-97 — apache-libcloud: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'apache-libcloud>=0.13.3'

Details

Libcloud 0.12.3 through 0.13.2 does not set the scrub_data parameter for the destroy DigitalOcean API, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging a new VM.

Are you affected?

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Affected packages

PyPI/apache-libcloud

Introduced in: 0.12.3Fixed in: 0.13.3

Fixpip install --upgrade 'apache-libcloud>=0.13.3'

References

https://digitalocean.com/blog_posts/transparency-regarding-data-security[ARTICLE]
http://libcloud.apache.org/security.html[WEB]
https://github.com/fog/fog/issues/2525[REPORT]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64617[WEB]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00015.html[WEB]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530624/100/0/threaded[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g892-9h8m-r69r[ADVISORY]