{"id":"USN-5835-5","summary":"nova vulnerability","details":"USN-5835-3 fixed vulnerabilities in Nova. This update provides the\ncorresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Guillaume Espanel, Pierre Libeau, Arnaud Morin, and Damien Rannou\n discovered that Nova incorrectly handled VMDK image processing. An\n authenticated attacker could possibly supply a specially crafted VMDK flat\n image and obtain arbitrary files from the server containing sensitive\n information.\n","modified":"2026-04-27T16:19:30.135499Z","published":"2023-02-09T14:44:47Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47951"],"upstream":["CVE-2022-47951","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47951"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5835-5"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-47951"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nova","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/nova@2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"}]}],"versions":["2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1","2:16.0.1-0ubuntu2","2:17.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.0~b2-0ubuntu2","2:17.0.0~b3-0ubuntu3","2:17.0.0~b3-0ubuntu4","2:17.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.0-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.1-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.3-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.4-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.5-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.5-0ubuntu2","2:17.0.6-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.7-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.7-0ubuntu2","2:17.0.9-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.9-0ubuntu3","2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2","2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2.1","2:17.0.11-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.12-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.13-0ubuntu1","2:17.0.13-0ubuntu2","2:17.0.13-0ubuntu3","2:17.0.13-0ubuntu4","2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2","binary_name":"nova-ajax-console-proxy"},{"binary_name":"nova-api","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-api-metadata","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2","binary_name":"nova-api-os-compute"},{"binary_name":"nova-api-os-volume","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-cells","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-common","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-compute","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-compute-kvm","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-compute-libvirt","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-compute-lxc","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-compute-qemu","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-compute-vmware","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-compute-xen","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2","binary_name":"nova-conductor"},{"binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2","binary_name":"nova-console"},{"binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2","binary_name":"nova-consoleauth"},{"binary_name":"nova-network","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-novncproxy","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-placement-api","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-scheduler","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-serialproxy","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"nova-spiceproxy","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2","binary_name":"nova-volume"},{"binary_name":"nova-xvpvncproxy","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"},{"binary_name":"python-nova","binary_version":"2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2022-47951","severity":[{"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":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5835-5.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}