ReleaseNotes/2012.2.3

= Release Notes, 2012.2.3 =

The 2012.2.3 release is a Folsom bugfix update for Nova, Glance, Cinder, Quantum, Keystone and Horizon.

The bugfixes contained in this release were backported from the development branches into a stable branch. The release is intended to be a relatively risk free update with no intentional regressions or API changes.

Upgrade Notes

 * Because of a serious issue with Nova image cache management on shared storage, the image cache manager is now disabled by default. In cases where shared storage isn't in use, it can be re-enabled by setting  in.
 * The 2.1 version of python-quantumclient is required if Nova is configured to use Quantum networking. See this review.

Nova

 * OSSA 2013-001/CVE-2013-0208 - Boot from volume allows access to random volumes

Glance

 * OSSA 2013-002/CVE-2013-0212 - Backend password leak in Glance error message

Bugs Fixed
In total, 51 launchpad bugs are fixed by this update.


 * List of Nova bugs fixed in the 2012.2.3 release
 * List of Glance bugs fixed in the 2012.2.3 release
 * List of Cinder bugs fixed in the 2012.2.3 release
 * List of Quantum bugs fixed in the 2012.2.3 release
 * List of Keystone bugs fixed in the 2012.2.3 release
 * List of Horizon bugs fixed in the 2012.2.3 release

Known Issues and Limitations
None.