CVE-2012-3447
Arbitrary file overwrite in OpenStack Nova
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.92%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2012-3447
To remediate CVE-2012-3447, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2012.1.1-6 or later
- —upgrade to 12.0.0 or later
- —upgrade to ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3 or later
Is CVE-2012-3447 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2012.1.1-6
- from 0, < 12.0.0
- from 0, < ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3, < d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368 | from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |