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Ubuntu 11.10 USN-1247-1 Critical: Nova Information Leak Threat

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Calendar Grey October 25, 2011
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The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1247-1 addresses a nova flaw that poses a risk of disclosing confidential data.
Nova could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

Nova could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- nova: OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure

Details:

An information leak was discovered in Nova. An attacker with access to a

valid EC2_ACCESS_KEY could obtain the corresponding EC2_SECRET_KEY for that

user.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 11.10:
  python-nova                     2011.3-0ubuntu6.2

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

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/868360

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October 25, 2011

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2011.3-0ubuntu6.2

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