CVE-2012-3361

Summary

CVECVE-2012-3361
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-22 16:55:00 UTC
Updated2012-08-17 03:53:00 UTC
Descriptionvirt/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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Diablo 2011.3 All All All
Application Openstack Diablo 2011.3 All All All
Application Openstack Essex 2012.1 All All All
Application Openstack Essex 2012.1 All All All
Application Openstack Folsom 2012.2 All All All
Application Openstack Folsom 2012.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA49763 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) Host File Injection and File Corruption Vulnerabilities - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Prevent file injection writing to host filesystem. · b0feaff · openstack/nova · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: openstack-nova-2011.3.1-11.fc16 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: openstack-nova-2012.1.1-3.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Prevent file injection writing to host filesystem. · 2427d4a · openstack/nova · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch
USN-1497-1: Nova vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
OpenStack Nova CVE-2012-3361 Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Gerrit Code Review CONFIRM review.openstack.org
Bug #1015531 “Remote arbitrary file corruption / creation flaw v...” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net
[OSSA 2012-008] Arbitrary file injection/corruption through directory traversal issues (CVE-2012-3360, CVE-2012-3361) : Mailing list archive : openstack team in Launchpad MLIST lists.launchpad.net
Security Advisory SA49802 - Ubuntu update for nova - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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