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Advisory details: pypa / nova/PYSEC-2012-21
Advisory ID pypa/nova/PYSEC-2012-21
Aliases CVE-2012-3447
GHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924h
PYSEC-2012-21
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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
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Reference id Reference type URL
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1031311
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845106
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77539
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/07/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54869
GHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924h https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924h

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