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Ubuntu 12.10 USN-1663-1 Critical: Nova Exposes Information Leak

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Calendar Grey December 12, 2012
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Ubuntu Security Alert USN-1663-1 highlights a nova exploit that could reveal confidential information in Ubuntu 12.10.
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:

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue information leak Ubuntu nova

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

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1663-1

CVE-2012-5625

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue information leak Ubuntu nova

Package Information

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

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