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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841253
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1663-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'nova' package(s) announced via the USN-1663-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'nova' package(s) announced via the USN-1663-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Eric Windisch discovered that Nova did not properly clear LVM-backed images
before they were reallocated which could potentially lead to an information
leak. This issue only affected setups using libvirt LVM-backed instances.

Affected Software/OS:
'nova' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-5625
56904
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56904
88419
http://osvdb.org/88419
RHSA-2013:0208
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html
USN-1663-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1
[oss-security] 20121211 [OSSA 2012-020] Information leak in libvirt LVM-backed instances (CVE-2012-5625)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/5
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1070539
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884293
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354
https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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