USN-4104-1: Nova vulnerability

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

• CVE-2019-14433

Source: USN-4104-1: Nova vulnerability