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PYSEC-2014-112

Quick fix

PYSEC-2014-112 — nova: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

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

Details

The instance rescue mode in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.2 before 2013.2.3 and Icehouse before 2014.1, when using libvirt to spawn images and use_cow_images is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read certain compute host files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted 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/2014/03/27/6[WEB]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1221190[WEB]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2247-1[ADVISORY]