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CVE-2012-5625GHSA-RWHR-H69G-8QMQPYSEC-2012-42PYSEC-2012-41

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom before 2012.2.2 and Grizzly, when using libvirt and LVM backed instances, does not properly clear physical v

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Fix
Fixed in 12.0.0a0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

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).

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • novaPyPI

    fixed in 12.0.0a0

  • novaPyPI

    Version range not reported

References 10

rhn.redhat.com

bugs.launchpad.net

ubuntu.com

securityfocus.com

osvdb.org

openwall.com

launchpad.net

bugzilla.redhat.com

GitHub · openstack/nova