========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1438-1 May 03, 2012 nova vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 Summary: Nova could be made to crash the system under certain conditions. Software Description: - nova: OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure Details: Dan Prince discovered that Nova did not enforce quotas for security groups and rules added to security groups. An authenticated user could exploit this to cause a denial of service. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: python-nova 2012.1-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 11.10: python-nova 2011.3-0ubuntu6.6 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1438-1 CVE-2012-2101 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2012.1-0ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2011.3-0ubuntu6.6