In short
- CVE-2012-5625 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting nova, folsom (openstack).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 71.5% of all vulnerabilities.
- Fix: update to 12.0.0a0 or later.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| nova PyPI | < 12.0.0a0all versions
| 12.0.0a0
|
| folsom | = 2012.2
| No fix yet |
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).
NVD 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).
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