Ubuntu Security Notice 4104-1 - 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.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4104-1
August 19, 2019
nova vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
Nova could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software Description:
- 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 LTS:
nova-compute 2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2.1
python-nova 2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
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:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4104-1
CVE-2019-14433
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2:19.0.1-0ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2:13.1.4-0ubuntu4.5