CVE-2012-3361
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Diablo Essex Folsom - Authenticated Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Attack
Title source: llmDescription
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
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9
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