CVE-2012-3447
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.92%Arbitrary file overwrite in OpenStack Nova
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/novafrom 0, < 2012.1.1-6
- PyPI/novafrom 0, < 12.0.0
- PyPI/novafrom 0, < ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3, < d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368 | from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (14)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3447
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3447
- PATCHhttps://github.com/openstack/nova
- WEBhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1031311
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845106
- WEBhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77539
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-21.yaml
- WEBhttps://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953
- WEBhttps://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953/
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20120824003029/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54869
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/07/1
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54869