CVE-2012-5625
Medium 6.5
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).
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.5 (MEDIUM)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% (percentile: 72) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-212, CWE-200
Affected products
openstack: folsom; openstack: grizzly
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1 Patch
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a… Patch
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd3… Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1 Patch
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a… Patch
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd3… Patch
- http://osvdb.org/88419
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56904