PT-2012-6064 · Openstack+1 · Openstack Compute+2

Eric Windisch · Published 2012-12-26 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2012-5625

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions prior to 2012.2.2 OpenStack Compute (Nova) version Grizzly

Description The issue allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the memory of the previous logical volume (LV) when using libvirt and LVM backed instances. This occurs because the physical volume (PV) content is not properly cleared when reallocating for instances.

Recommendations For OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions prior to 2012.2.2, update to version 2012.2.2 or later to resolve the issue. For OpenStack Compute (Nova) version Grizzly, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5625

GHSA-RWHR-H69G-8QMQ

PYSEC-2012-41

PYSEC-2012-42

RHSA-2013:0208

Affected Products

Lvm

Openstack Compute

Libvirt

References · 17

• https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f · Patch
• https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2012-41 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rwhr-h69g-8qmq · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2012-42 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5625 · Security Note
• https://github.com/openstack/nova · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-42.yaml · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-41.yaml · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56904 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/88419 · Note
• https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/5 · Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1 · Patch, Vendor Advisory