Packages
- nova - OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure
Details
Guillaume Espanel, Pierre Libeau, Arnaud Morin, and Damien Rannou
discovered that Nova incorrectly handled VMDK image processing. An
authenticated attacker could possibly supply a specially crafted VMDK flat
image and obtain arbitrary files from the server containing sensitive
information.
Guillaume Espanel, Pierre Libeau, Arnaud Morin, and Damien Rannou
discovered that Nova incorrectly handled VMDK image processing. An
authenticated attacker could possibly supply a specially crafted VMDK flat
image and obtain arbitrary files from the server containing sensitive
information.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 22.10 kinetic | nova-common – 3:26.1.0-0ubuntu1 | ||
| python3-nova – 3:26.1.0-0ubuntu1 | |||
| 22.04 jammy | nova-common – 3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1 | ||
| python3-nova – 3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1 | |||
| 20.04 focal | nova-common – 2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1 | ||
| python3-nova – 2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1 | |||
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