CVE-2011-4596

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4596
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-12-23 22:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in OpenStack Nova before 2011.3.1, when the EC2 API and the S3/RegisterImage image-registration method are enabled, allow remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted (1) tarball or (2) manifest.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Nova All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Sanitize EC2 manifests and image tarballs · openstack/nova@ad32419 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Sanitize EC2 manifests and image tarballs · openstack/nova@7636322 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Bug #885167 “Path Traversal possible when downloading an image” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
[OSSA 2011-001] Path traversal issues registering malicious images using EC2 API (CVE-2011-4596) : Mailing list archive : openstack team in Launchpad af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
Bug #894755 “Potential directory traversal in _untarzip_image” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
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