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).

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0024 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).
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rwhr-h69g-8qmq OpenStack Nova Information leak in libvirt LVM-backed instances
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1663-1 Nova vulnerability
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Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Nova: Information leak in libvirt LVM-backed instances Openstack nova: information leak in libvirt lvm-backed instances
Weaknesses CWE-212
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:16.2
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:17.1
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:18.0
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-30T18:03:44.974Z

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5625

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-12-26T22:55:03.783

Modified: 2026-10-30T19:17:26.493

Link: CVE-2012-5625

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5625 - Bugzilla

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