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PYSEC-2014-113

Quick fix

PYSEC-2014-113 — nova: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'nova>=12.0.0a0'

Details

The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.2 through 2013.2.2 does not properly put VMs into RESCUE status, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by requesting the VM be put into rescue and then deleting the image.

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Affected packages

PyPI/nova

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 12.0.0a0

Fixpip install --upgrade 'nova>=12.0.0a0'

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/21/1[WEB]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/21/2[WEB]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1269418[WEB]
http://secunia.com/advisories/57498[ADVISORY]