1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1326-1

USN-1326-1: Nova vulnerability

Publication date

11 January 2012

Overview

Nova would allow unintended access to resources over the network.

Releases

Packages

  • nova - OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure

Details

Nachi Ueno, Rohit Karajgi, and Venkatesan Ravikumar discovered that when
Nova is configured to use the OpenStack API, it would not correctly enforce
access controls on certain incoming requests. A remote authenticated
attacker could exploit this to change resources of arbitrary tenants.

Nachi Ueno, Rohit Karajgi, and Venkatesan Ravikumar discovered that when
Nova is configured to use the OpenStack API, it would not correctly enforce
access controls on certain incoming requests. A remote authenticated
attacker could exploit this to change resources of arbitrary tenants.

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
11.10 oneiric nova-api –  2011.3-0ubuntu6.4

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