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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2407-1
November 11, 2014

nova vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

OpenStack Nova could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

• nova: OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure

Details:

Garth Mollett discovered that OpenStack Nova did not properly clean up an
instance when using rescue mode with the VMWare driver. A remove
authenticated user could exploit this to bypass intended quota limits. By
default, Ubuntu does not use the VMWare driver. (CVE-2014-3608)

Amrith Kumar discovered that OpenStack Nova did not properly sanitize log
message contents. Under certain circumstances, a local attacker with read
access to Nova log files could obtain access to sensitive information.
(CVE-2014-7230)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
python-nova 1:2014.1.3-0ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2407-1
CVE-2014-3608, CVE-2014-7230

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/1:2014.1.3-0ubuntu1.1

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