1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1545-1

USN-1545-1: Nova vulnerability

Publication date

22 August 2012

Overview

Nova could be made to overwrite or corrupt arbitrary files in the compute host file system.

Releases

Packages

  • nova - OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure

Details

Padraig Brady discovered that the fix for CVE-2012-3361 was incomplete and
an authenticated user could still corrupt arbitrary files on the host
running Nova. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
or possibly gain privileges.

Padraig Brady discovered that the fix for CVE-2012-3361 was incomplete and
an authenticated user could still corrupt arbitrary files on the host
running Nova. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
or possibly gain privileges.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
12.04 precise python-nova –  2012.1+stable~20120612-3ee026e-0ubuntu1.3
11.10 oneiric python-nova –  2011.3-0ubuntu6.10

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