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CVE-2012-3361
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to…
Medium5.5EPSS 2.6%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (11)
- 49763 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/9268/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 54278 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 49802 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-10418 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [openstack] 20120603 [OSSA 2012-008] Arbitrary file injection/corruption through directory traversal issues (CVE-2012-3360, CVE-2012-3361) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-10420 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1497-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-cm54-3vvf-f5p8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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