PT-2012-6317 · Openstack+1 · Openstack Compute+2

Published 2012-12-26 · Updated 2012-12-26

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

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, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

PYSEC-2012-41

Affected Products

Lvm

Openstack Compute

Libvirt

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2012-41 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f · Note
• https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56904 · Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html · Note
• https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2 · Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1 · Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1070539 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/88419 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884293 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/5 · Note