CVE-2012-5625

Medium

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).

SeverityMedium

CVSS4.3

Exploit probability—

ProductOpenstack Folsom

PublishedDec 26, 2012

First seenDec 26, 2012

Weakness typeCWE-212CWE-212

How to fix

Update

nova12.0.0a0 or later

Vendor advisories

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0208

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
openstack folsom	2012.2	—
openstack grizzly	No range specified	—
novaPyPI	v < 12.0.0a0, No range specified	12.0.0a0

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