1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1734-1

USN-1734-1: OpenStack Nova vulnerability

Publication date

21 February 2013

Overview

Nova could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

  • nova - OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure

Details

Joshua Harlow discovered that Nova would allow XML entity processing. A
remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this using the Nova API to
cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion. (CVE-2013-1664)

Joshua Harlow discovered that Nova would allow XML entity processing. A
remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this using the Nova API to
cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion. (CVE-2013-1664)

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
12.10 quantal python-nova –  2012.2.1+stable-20121212-a99a802e-0ubuntu1.2
12.04 precise python-nova –  2012.1.3+stable-20120827-4d2a4afe-0ubuntu1.2
11.10 oneiric python-nova –  2011.3-0ubuntu6.12

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