| Secunia ID |
SA49048
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| CVE-ID |
CVE-2012-2101
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| Release Date |
04 May 2012
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| Criticality |
Less Critical
Typically used for cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
This rating is also used for vulnerabilities allowing exposure of sensitive data to local users.
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| Solution Status |
Vendor Patch
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| Where |
From remote
"From remote" describes other vulnerabilities where the attack vector doesn't require access to the system or a local network.
This category covers services that are acceptable to expose to the Internet (e.g. HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP). It also covers client applications used on the Internet and certain vulnerabilities where it is reasonable to assume that a security conscious user can be tricked into performing certain actions.
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| Impact |
DoS (Denial of Service)
This includes vulnerabilities ranging from excessive resource consumption (e.g. causing a system to use a lot of memory) to crashing an application or an entire system.
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| Description |
Ubuntu has issued an update for nova. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). For more information: SA49034
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| Solution |
Apply updated packages. -- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS -- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2012.1-0ubuntu2.1 -- Ubuntu 11.10 -- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/2011.3-0ubuntu6.6
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| Original Advisory |
USN-1438-1: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1438-1/
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