CVE-2012-3447

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3447
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-20 18:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionvirt/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Folsom All All All All
Application Openstack Nova 2012.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenStack Nova CVE-2012-3447 Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
Prohibit file injection writing to host filesystem · ce4b2e2 · openstack/nova · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
Bug #1031311 “[OSSA 2012-011] CVE-2012-3361 not fully addressed” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Prohibit file injection writing to host filesystem · d9577ce · openstack/nova · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
845106 – (CVE-2012-3447) CVE-2012-3447 OpenStack-Nova: compute nodes disk image file corruption, incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3361 (OSSA 2012-011) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - [OSSA 2012-011] Compute node filesystem injection/corruption (CVE-2012-3447) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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