Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840973
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1413-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'nova' package(s) announced via the USN-1413-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'nova' package(s) announced via the USN-1413-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Dan Prince discovered that Nova did not properly perform input validation on the length of server names. An authenticated attacker could issue requests using long server names to exhaust the storage resources containing the Nova API log file. Affected Software/OS: 'nova' package(s) on Ubuntu 11.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-1585 FEDORA-2012-5026 http://lwn.net/Alerts/491298/ [Openstack] 20120329 [OSSA 2012-003] Long server names grow nova-api log files significantly (CVE-2012-1585) http://osdir.com/ml/openstack-cloud-computing/2012-03/msg01133.html https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/962515
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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