CVE - CVE-2012-5625

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-5625	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom before 2012.2.2 and Grizzly, when using libvirt and LVM backed instances, does not properly clear physical volume (PV) content when reallocating for instances, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the memory of the previous logical volume (LV).
References
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MISC:56904 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56904 MISC:88419 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/88419~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2013:0208 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html MISC:USN-1663-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20121211 [OSSA 2012-020] Information leak in libvirt LVM-backed instances (CVE-2012-5625) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/5 MISC:https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1070539 URL:https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1070539 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884293 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884293 MISC:https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f URL:https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f MISC:https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354 URL:https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354 MISC:https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2 URL:https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20121024	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20121024)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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