1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4104-1

USN-4104-1: Nova vulnerability

Publication date

19 August 2019

Overview

Nova could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • nova - OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure

Details

Donny Davis discovered that the Nova Compute service could return
configuration or other information in response to a failed API
request in some situations. A remote attacker could use this to expose
sensitive information.

Donny Davis discovered that the Nova Compute service could return
configuration or other information in response to a failed API
request in some situations. A remote attacker could use this to expose
sensitive information.

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
19.04 disco nova-compute –  2:19.0.1-0ubuntu2.1
python3-nova –  2:19.0.1-0ubuntu2.1
18.04 bionic nova-compute –  2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2.1
python-nova –  2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2.1
16.04 xenial nova-compute –  2:13.1.4-0ubuntu4.5
python-nova –  2:13.1.4-0ubuntu4.5

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