USN-3449-1: OpenStack Nova vulnerabilities
Publication date
11 October 2017
Overview
Several security issues were fixed in OpenStack Nova.
Releases
Packages
- nova - OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure
Details
George Shuklin discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled the
migration process. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-3241)
George Shuklin and Tushar Patil discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly
handled deleting instances. A remote authenticated user could use this
issue to consume disk resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2015-3280)
It was discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly limited qemu-img calls. A
remote authenticated user could use this issue to consume resources,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5162)
Matthew Booth discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled snapshots.
A remote authenticated user could use this issue to read arbitrary files.
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George Shuklin discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled the
migration process. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-3241)
George Shuklin and Tushar Patil discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly
handled deleting instances. A remote authenticated user could use this
issue to consume disk resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2015-3280)
It was discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly limited qemu-img calls. A
remote authenticated user could use this issue to consume resources,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5162)
Matthew Booth discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled snapshots.
A remote authenticated user could use this issue to read arbitrary files.
(CVE-2015-7548)
Sreekumar S. and Suntao discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly applied
security group changes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
bypass intended restriction changes by leveraging an instance that was
running when the change was made. (CVE-2015-7713)
Matt Riedemann discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled logging.
A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information from log files. (CVE-2015-8749)
Matthew Booth discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled certain
qcow2 headers. A remote authenticated user could possibly use this issue to
read arbitrary files. (CVE-2016-2140)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.04 trusty | python-nova – 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7 | ||
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