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CVE-2012-3360: OpenStack Nova Directory traversal vulnerability

May 17, 2022 (updated November 22, 2024)

Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.

References

  • bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-m454-cm7h-rqhh
  • github.com/openstack/nova
  • github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
  • github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-38.yaml
  • lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3360

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Affected versions

All versions before 12.0.0a0

Fixed versions

  • 12.0.0a0

Solution

Upgrade to version 12.0.0a0 or above.

Impact 5.5 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

pypi/nova/CVE-2012-3360.yml

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