USN-1413-1: Nova vulnerability
Publication date
29 March 2012
Overview
Nova log files could be made to exhaust storage resources.
Releases
Packages
- nova - OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure
Details
Dan Prince discovered that Nova did not properly perform input validation on
the length of server names. An authenticated attacker could issue requests
using long server names to exhaust the storage resources containing the Nova
API log file.
Dan Prince discovered that Nova did not properly perform input validation on
the length of server names. An authenticated attacker could issue requests
using long server names to exhaust the storage resources containing the Nova
API log file.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.10 oneiric | python-nova – 2011.3-0ubuntu6.5 | ||
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