USN-5835-3

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5835-3
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5835-3.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5835-3
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Published
2023-01-31T13:15:50.256293Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:36:14Z
Summary
nova vulnerability
Details

Guillaume Espanel, Pierre Libeau, Arnaud Morin, and Damien Rannou discovered that Nova incorrectly handled VMDK image processing. An authenticated attacker could possibly supply a specially crafted VMDK flat image and obtain arbitrary files from the server containing sensitive information.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / nova

Package

Name
nova
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nova@2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

2:20.*

2:20.0.0-0ubuntu1

2:21.*

2:21.0.0~b1~git2019120415.45fb747c98-0ubuntu1
2:21.0.0~b2~git2020021008.1fcd74730d-0ubuntu2
2:21.0.0~b2~git2020021008.1fcd74730d-0ubuntu4
2:21.0.0~b2~git2020021008.1fcd74730d-0ubuntu5
2:21.0.0~b3~git2020041013.57ff308d6d-0ubuntu2
2:21.0.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2:21.0.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
2:21.1.0-0ubuntu1
2:21.1.1-0ubuntu2
2:21.1.2-0ubuntu1
2:21.2.0-0ubuntu1
2:21.2.1-0ubuntu1
2:21.2.2-0ubuntu1
2:21.2.3-0ubuntu1
2:21.2.4-0ubuntu1
2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-ajax-console-proxy",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api-metadata",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api-os-compute",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api-os-volume",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-cells",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-common",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-kvm",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-libvirt",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-lxc",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-qemu",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-vmware",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-xen",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-conductor",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-novncproxy",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-scheduler",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-serialproxy",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-spiceproxy",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-volume",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-nova",
            "binary_version": "2:21.2.4-0ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2022-47951",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / nova

Package

Name
nova
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nova@3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1

Affected versions

3:24.*

3:24.0.0-0ubuntu1
3:24.0.0+git2022030310.3f274c65cc-0ubuntu2

3:25.*

3:25.0.0-0ubuntu1
3:25.0.0-0ubuntu1.1
3:25.0.1-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-ajax-console-proxy",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api-metadata",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api-os-compute",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-api-os-volume",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-cells",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-common",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-ironic",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-kvm",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-libvirt",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-lxc",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-qemu",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-vmware",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-xen",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-conductor",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-novncproxy",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-scheduler",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-serialproxy",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-spiceproxy",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nova-volume",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-nova",
            "binary_version": "3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2022-47951",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}