CVE-2012-5625

medium
Published 2012-12-26 · Modified 2026-05-19
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
4.3

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).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5625

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPInova<12.0.0a012.0.0a0
python PyPInova<9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5fa99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354
python PyPInova
PIPnova< 12.0.0a012.0.0a0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
openstackfolsom2012.2
openstackgrizzly-

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.