========================================================================== OSSA-2019-003: Nova Server Resource Faults Leak External Exception Details ==========================================================================

:Date: August 06, 2019 :CVE: CVE-2019-14433

Affects ~~~~~~~ - Nova: <17.0.12,>=18.0.0<18.2.2,>=19.0.0<19.0.2

Description ~~~~~~~~~~~ Donny Davis with Intel reported a vulnerability in Nova Compute resource fault handling. If an API request from an authenticated user ends in a fault condition due to an external exception, details of the underlying environment may be leaked in the response and could include sensitive configuration or other data.

Patches ~~~~~~~ - https://review.openstack.org/674908 (Ocata) - https://review.openstack.org/674877 (Pike) - https://review.openstack.org/674859 (Queens) - https://review.openstack.org/674848 (Rocky) - https://review.openstack.org/674828 (Stein) - https://review.openstack.org/674821 (Train)

Credits ~~~~~~~ - Donny Davis from Intel (CVE-2019-14433)

References ~~~~~~~~~~ - https://launchpad.net/bugs/1837877 - http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14433

Notes ~~~~~ - The stable/ocata and stable/pike branches are under extended maintenance and will receive no new point releases, but patches for them are provided as a courtesy.