Description
virt/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.
Published: 2012-07-22
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0022 virt/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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cm54-3vvf-f5p8 OpenStack Nova Arbitrary file injection/corruption through directory traversal issues
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1497-1 Nova vulnerabilities
History

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.062Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3361

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-22T16:55:48.227

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-3361

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