GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-rwhr-h69g-8qmq OpenStack Nova Information leak in libvirt LVM-backed instances

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-17 Modified 2026-06-08 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2012-5625
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
nova
Severity
Moderate
Weaknesses
CWE-200
Reviewed
2024-05-14

Affected packages

• PyPI nova: < 12.0.0a0 → fixed in 12.0.0a0

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).

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2012-5625 OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom before 2012.2.2 and Grizzly, when using libvirt and LVM backed instances, does not properly clear physical… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References