CVE-2012-5625
Openstack nova: information leak in libvirt lvm-backed instances
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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).
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Red Hat · OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:2012.2.2-8.el6ost – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0
All versions: unaffected
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
What to do
Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
References (12)
- http://osvdb.org/88419 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5625 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1070539 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884293 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rwhr-h69g-8qmq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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