Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840930
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1305-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'nova' package(s) announced via the USN-1305-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'nova' package(s) announced via the USN-1305-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: David Black discovered that Nova did not properly perform input validation during image registration. An attacker could exploit this by registering a crafted image using the EC2 API or S3/RegisterImage method and overwrite files as the nova user. Affected Software/OS: 'nova' package(s) on Ubuntu 11.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4596 [openstack] 20111213 [OSSA 2011-001] Path traversal issues registering malicious images using EC2 API (CVE-2011-4596) https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg06105.html https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/885167 https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/894755 https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/76363226bd8533256f7795bba358d7f4b8a6c9e6 https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ad3241929ea00569c74505ed002208ce360c667e
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