medium6.5
CVE-2012-5625
OpenStack Nova Information leak in libvirt LVM-backed instances
Impact
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).
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | nova | < 12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Openstack | Folsom | Version 2012.2 |
| Openstack | Grizzly | All versions |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- 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
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0208
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5625
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1070539
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884293
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354
- https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rwhr-h69g-8qmq
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5625
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-41.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-42.yaml