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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2013.1771.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1771-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'nova' package(s) announced via the USN-1771-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'nova' package(s) announced via the USN-1771-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Loganathan Parthipan discovered that Nova did not properly validate VNC
tokens after an instance was deleted. An authenticated attacker could
exploit this to access other virtual machines under certain circumstances.
This issue did not affect Ubuntu 11.10. (CVE-2013-0335)

Vish Ishaya discovered that Nova did not always enforce quotas on fixed
IPs. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of
service via resource consumption. Nova will now enforce a quota limit of
10 fixed IPs per instance, which is configurable via 'quota_fixed_ips'
in /etc/nova/nova.conf. (CVE-2013-1838)

Affected Software/OS:
'nova' package(s) on Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10.

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-2013-0335
52337
http://secunia.com/advisories/52337
52728
http://secunia.com/advisories/52728
90657
http://www.osvdb.org/90657
RHSA-2013:0709
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html
USN-1771-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1771-1
[oss-security] 20130226 [OSSA-2013-006] VNC proxy can connect to the wrong VM (CVE-2013-0335)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/26/7
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125378
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/22086/
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/22758
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/22872/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1838
52580
http://secunia.com/advisories/52580
58492
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58492
91303
http://osvdb.org/91303
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1
[openstack] 20130314 [OSSA 2013-008] Nova DoS by allocating all Fixed IPs (CVE-2013-1838)
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg21892.html
[oss-security] 20130314 [OSSA 2013-008] Nova DoS by allocating all Fixed IPs (CVE-2013-1838)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/18
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451/
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452/
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453/
nova-fixedips-dos(82877)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82877
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