CVE-2012-3361

Description

virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.

How to fix CVE-2012-3361

To remediate CVE-2012-3361, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/nova—upgrade to 2012.1.1-2 or later
• PyPI/nova—upgrade to 12.0.0a0 or later
• PyPI/nova—upgrade to b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9 or later

Is CVE-2012-3361 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (3)

• from 0, < 2012.1.1-2
• from 0, < 12.0.0a0
• from 0, < b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9, < 2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7 | from 0

References (17)

• ADVISORYsecunia.com/advisories/49763
• ADVISORYsecunia.com/advisories/49802
• ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-cm54-3vvf-f5p8
• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3361
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org