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Ubuntu 4104-1: Nova Information Exposure Threat Advisory

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Calendar Grey August 19, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-4104-1 addresses a nova flaw that could potentially lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information.
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:

Donny Davis discovered that the Nova Compute service could return

configuration or other information in response to a failed API

request in some situations. A remote attacker could use this to expose

sensitive information.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory information disclosure ubuntu cloud infrastructure nova

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  nova-compute                    2:19.0.1-0ubuntu2.1
  python3-nova                    2:19.0.1-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  nova-compute                    2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2.1
  python-nova                     2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  nova-compute                    2:13.1.4-0ubuntu4.5
  python-nova                     2:13.1.4-0ubuntu4.5

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4104-1

CVE-2019-14433

Severity
important
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Low
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Critical

August 19, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory information disclosure ubuntu cloud infrastructure nova

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2:19.0.1-0ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2:13.1.4-0ubuntu4.5

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