Vulnerability CVE-2012-3361
Published: 2012-07-22   Modified: 2012-07-23

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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.5/10
4.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Openstack -> Diablo 
Openstack -> Essex 
Openstack -> Folsom 

 References:
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/9268/
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54278
http://secunia.com/advisories/49802
http://secunia.com/advisories/49763
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