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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1663-1

Posted on 13 December 2012
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1663-1
December 12, 2012

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

- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

Nova could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- nova: OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure

Details:

Eric Windisch discovered that Nova did not properly clear LVM-backed images
before they were reallocated which could potentially lead to an information
leak. This issue only affected setups using libvirt LVM-backed instances.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
python-nova 2012.2-0ubuntu5.2

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1663-1
CVE-2012-5625

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2012.2-0ubuntu5.2

 

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