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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-3447

Original release date:08/20/2012

Last revised:08/21/2012

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:4.9 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 4.9

Exploitability Subscore: 6.8

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953/

Hyperlink:https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953/

External Source: MISC