CVE-2012-5625
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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).
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (5)
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advisories (3)
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- GHSA-rwhr-h69g-8qmqOpenStack Nova Information leak in libvirt LVM-backed instances2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
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).
- PYSEC-2012-412012-12-26vendor · osvUS
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).
- PYSEC-2012-422012-12-26vendor · osvUS
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).
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references (28)
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- http://osvdb.org/88419cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/5cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56904cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1070539cnnvd
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5fcnnvd
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354cnnvd
- https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2cnnvd
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