Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2012.1.x and Folsom

CVE-2012-3447 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2012.1.x before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before Folsom-3 allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image that uses a symlink that is only readable by root. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3361.

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