USN-4104-1: Nova vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• nova - OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure

Details

Donny Davis discovered that the Nova Compute service could return
configuration or other information in response to a failed API
request in some situations. A remote attacker could use this to expose
sensitive information.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04

• nova-compute - 2:19.0.1-0ubuntu2.1
• python3-nova - 2:19.0.1-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• nova-compute - 2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2.1
• python-nova - 2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• nova-compute - 2:13.1.4-0ubuntu4.5
• python-nova - 2:13.1.4-0ubuntu4.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2019-14433