6.5Medium
CVE-2012-5625Openstack nova: information leak in libvirt lvm-backed instances
Description
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom before 2012.2.2 and Grizzly, when using libvirt and LVM backed instances, does not properly clear physical volume (PV) content when reallocating for instances, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the memory of the previous logical volume (LV).
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Versions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| openstack | 2 | — | |
| openstack | folsom | 2012.2 | |
| openstack | grizzly | — | |
| Red Hat | OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6 | all versions | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | — | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 | — | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 | — |
References and patches
- http://osvdb.org/88419
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56904
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1 Patch
- RHSA-2013:0208 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5625 vdb-entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1070539
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884293
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f Patch
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354 Patch
- https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2
CPE matches (NVD) (2)
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*