virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2012.1.x before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before Folsom-3 allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image that uses a symlink that is only readable by root. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3361.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0018 virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2012.1.x before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before Folsom-3 allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image that uses a symlink that is only readable by root. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3361.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924h Arbitrary file overwrite in OpenStack Nova
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1545-1 Nova vulnerability
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.578Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-3447

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-20T18:55:03.293

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-3447

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.