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CVE-2012-3360 Detail

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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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49763 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/49763 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/49802 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/49802 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54277
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54277
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9 Exploit  Patch 
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9 Exploit  Patch 
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-3360
NVD Published Date:
07/22/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.