CVE-2012-3361
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2012.1.1-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 2012.1.1-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 2012.1.1-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2012.1.1-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2012.1.1-2 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | nova | <12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083969.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49763
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49802
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54278
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/9268/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3361
- https://github.com/openstack/nova
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-39.yaml
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/9268
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3361
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.