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    CVE-2012-3447

    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.

    Published:Aug 20, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 20, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.00925
    CVSS Score:4.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Openstack
    Product
    Folsom
    Vendor
    Openstack
    Product
    Nova

    Exploits

    https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2013-4469 (CVSS 1.9) — OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana, when use_cow_images is set to False, does not verify the…
    CVE-2013-4463 (CVSS 2.1) — OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 imag…
    CVE-2013-4261 (CVSS 3.5) — OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and earlier, when using Apache Qpid for the RPC backend, does not pr…
    CVE-2013-4155 (CVSS 4) — OpenStack Swift before 1.9.1 in Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana allows authenticated users to cause a denial of se…
    CVE-2013-2161 (CVSS 7.5) — XML injection vulnerability in account/utils.py in OpenStack Swift Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana allows attacker…
    CVE-2013-2096 (CVSS 2.1) — OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which …
    CVE-2013-2030 (CVSS 2.1) — keystone/middleware/auth_token.py in OpenStack Nova Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana uses an insecure temporary dir…
    CVE-2013-1865 (CVSS 6.8) — OpenStack Keystone Folsom (2012.2) does not properly perform revocation checks for Keystone PKI tokens when do…
    CVE-2013-1838 (CVSS 4) — OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) does not properly implement a quota for …
    CVE-2013-1840 (CVSS 3.5) — The v1 API in OpenStack Glance Essex (2012.1), Folsom (2012.2), and Grizzly, when using the single-tenant Swif…

    References

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/07/1
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54869
    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
    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/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High