GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924h Arbitrary file overwrite in OpenStack Nova
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2012-3447
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- nova
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
- Reviewed
- 2023-02-14
Affected packages
• PyPI nova: < 12.0.0 → fixed in 12.0.0
Description
`virt/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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2012-3447 virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2012.1.x before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before Folsom-3 allows remote authenticated users to… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3447 advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3 web
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368 web
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1031311 web
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845106 web
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77539 web
- https://github.com/openstack/nova package
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-21.yaml web
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120824003029/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54869 web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/07/1 web