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PYSEC-2013-43

Quick fix

PYSEC-2013-43 — nova: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

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

Details

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) allows remote authenticated users to gain access to a VM in opportunistic circumstances by using the VNC token for a deleted VM that was bound to the same VNC port.

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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/2013/02/26/7[WEB]
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/22872/[WEB]
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/22086/[WEB]
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/22758[WEB]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125378[WEB]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1771-1[ADVISORY]
http://secunia.com/advisories/52728[ADVISORY]
http://secunia.com/advisories/52337[ADVISORY]
http://www.osvdb.org/90657[WEB]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html[ADVISORY]