=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1326-1
January 11, 2012
nova vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 11.10
Summary:
Nova would allow unintended access to resources over the network.
Software Description:
- nova: OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure
Details:
Nachi Ueno, Rohit Karajgi, and Venkatesan Ravikumar discovered that when
Nova is configured to use the OpenStack API, it would not correctly enforce
access controls on certain incoming requests. A remote authenticated
attacker could exploit this to change resources of arbitrary tenants.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 11.10:
nova-api 2011.3-0ubuntu6.4
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1326-1
CVE-2012-0030
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2011.3-0ubuntu6.4