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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | nova | 2012.1.1-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | nova | 2012.1.1-2 | — |
| Debian 12 | nova | 2012.1.1-2 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | nova | < 12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 | GHSA-cm54-3vvf-f5p8 |
References
- 49763 third-party-advisory
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/9268/
- 54278 vdb-entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
- 49802 third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2012-10418 vendor-advisory
- [openstack] 20120603 [OSSA 2012-008] Arbitrary file injection/corruption through directory traversal issues (CVE-2012-3360, CVE-2012-3361) mailing-list
- FEDORA-2012-10420 vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9
- USN-1497-1 vendor-advisory