openstack/nova · Security
OpenStack Nova Information leak in libvirt LVM-backed instances
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-rwhr-h69g-8qmq
- CVE ID
- CVE-2012-5625
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
Description
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom before 2012.2.2 and Grizzly, when using libvirt and LVM backed instances, does not properly clear physical volume (PV) content when reallocating for instances, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the memory of the previous logical volume (LV).
CWEs
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5625 ↗
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f ↗
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1070539 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884293 ↗
- https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/5 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1 ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-41.yaml ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-42.yaml ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rwhr-h69g-8qmq ↗