CVE-2012-5625

Publication date 11 December 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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).

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
nova	12.10 quantal	Fixed 2012.2-0ubuntu5.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

only affects Folsom and higher per upstream

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
nova	Upstream: a99a802

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1663-1
Nova vulnerability
12 December 2012

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5625