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Posted on 05 October 2011
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TITLE:
OpenStack Compute (Nova) QCOW2 Security Bypass Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46240
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2011-10-05
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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in OpenStack Compute (Nova), which
can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The security issue is caused due to insufficient restrictions for the
base image file of QCOW2 images, which can be exploited to gain access
to the host's file system via a malicious QCOW2 image.
The security issue is reported in versions prior to 2011.3.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 2011.3.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Scott Moser
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/853330
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