CVE-2012-5625

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom <2012.2.2 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 (10)

Core 10
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1070539
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56904
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/88419
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/5
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884293

Scores

EPSS 0.0106
EPSS Percentile 77.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (3)
openstack/folsom 2012.2
openstack/grizzly
pypi/nova 0 - 12.0.0a0PyPI
Published Dec 26, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026