OpenStack Compute (codename Nova) is open source software designed
to provision and manage large networks of virtual machines, creating a
redundant and scalable cloud computing platform. It gives you the software,
control panels, and APIs required to orchestrate a cloud, including running
instances, managing networks, and controlling access through users and
projects.OpenStack Compute strives to be both hardware and hypervisor
agnostic, currently supporting a variety of standard hardware
configurations and seven major hypervisors.
Security Fix(es):
* Arbitrary file access through custom VMDK flat descriptor
(CVE-2022-47951)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page listed in the References section.Read More