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CVE-2012-3447

Published: 10 August 2012

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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
nova
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

natty Ignored
(end of life)
oneiric
Released (2011.3-0ubuntu6.10)
precise
Released (2012.1+stable~20120612-3ee026e-0ubuntu1.3)
quantal Not vulnerable
(2012.2~f3-0ubuntu1)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3
upstream: https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368
upstream: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953/