CVE-2012-3360

N/A Unknown
Published: July 22, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49763
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49802
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54277
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/49763
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49802
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54277
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.0%
86th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

openstack