USN-4104-1: Nova vulnerability
nova vulnerability
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
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2P5RjHf