Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71603
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-1497-1 (python-nova)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to python-nova announced via advisory USN-1497-1. Details: Matthias Weckbecker discovered that, when using the OpenStack API to setup libvirt-based hypervisors, an authenticated user could inject files in arbitrary locations on the file system of the host running Nova. A remote attacker could use this to gain root privileges. This issue only affects Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-3360) P?draig Brady discovered that an authenticated user could corrupt arbitrary files of the host running Nova. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges. (CVE-2012-3361) Solution: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: python-nova 2011.3-0ubuntu6.9 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1497-1 CVSS Score: 5.5 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:R/C:N/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-3360 49763 http://secunia.com/advisories/49763 49802 http://secunia.com/advisories/49802 54277 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54277 FEDORA-2012-10420 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html USN-1497-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1 [openstack] 20120603 [OSSA 2012-008] Arbitrary file injection/corruption through directory traversal issues (CVE-2012-3360, CVE-2012-3361) https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531 https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7 https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-3361 54278 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54278 FEDORA-2012-10418 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083969.html https://review.openstack.org/#/c/9268/
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