CVE-2012-3361

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Diablo Essex Folsom - Authenticated Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Attack

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49763
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/9268/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54278
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49802
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083969.html
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0138
EPSS Percentile 80.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (4)
openstack/diablo 2011.3
openstack/essex 2012.1
openstack/folsom 2012.2
pypi/nova 0 - 12.0.0a0PyPI
Published Jul 22, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026