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    "summary": "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.",
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