USN-1709-1: OpenStack Nova vulnerability

Publication date

29 January 2013

Overview

Nova volume could be made to expose volumes from other users.


Packages

  • nova - OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure

Details

Phil Day discovered that nova-volume did not validate access to volumes. An
authenticated attacker could exploit this to bypass intended access
controls and boot from arbitrary volumes.

Phil Day discovered that nova-volume did not validate access to volumes. An
authenticated attacker could exploit this to bypass intended access
controls and boot from arbitrary volumes.

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:


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