CVE-2012-3361

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3361
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-22 16:55:48 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: openstack-nova-2012.1.1-3.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Prevent file injection writing to host filesystem. · b0feaff · openstack/nova · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
USN-1497-1: Nova vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Prevent file injection writing to host filesystem. · 2427d4a · openstack/nova · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: openstack-nova-2011.3.1-11.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Advisory SA49763 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) Host File Injection and File Corruption Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug #1015531 “Remote arbitrary file corruption / creation flaw v...” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
Security Advisory SA49802 - Ubuntu update for nova - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenStack Nova CVE-2012-3361 Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[OSSA 2012-008] Arbitrary file injection/corruption through directory traversal issues (CVE-2012-3360, CVE-2012-3361) : Mailing list archive : openstack team in Launchpad af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.launchpad.net
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