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CVE-2012-5625 Detail

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).

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  12/26/2012

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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Hyperlink Resource
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 Patch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1070539
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884293
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f Patch
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354 Patch
https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-5625
NVD Published Date:
12/26/2012
NVD Last Modified:
02/15/2013