USN-1497-1: Nova vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 11.10

Packages

• nova - OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure

Details

Matthias Weckbecker discovered that, when using the OpenStack API to
setup libvirt-based hypervisors, an authenticated user could inject
files in arbitrary locations on the file system of the host running
Nova. A remote attacker could use this to gain root privileges. This
issue only affects Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-3360)

Pádraig Brady discovered that an authenticated user could corrupt
arbitrary files of the host running Nova. A remote attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges.
(CVE-2012-3361)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04

• python-nova - 2012.1+stable~20120612-3ee026e-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 11.10

• python-nova - 2011.3-0ubuntu6.9

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

References

• CVE-2012-3360
• CVE-2012-3361