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title: "CVE-2011-4596\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-4596

Publication date 13 December 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in OpenStack Nova before
2011.3.1, when the EC2 API and the S3/RegisterImage image-registration
method are enabled, allow remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary
files via a crafted (1) tarball or (2) manifest.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| nova | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 2011.3-0ubuntu6.3 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 2011.2-0ubuntu1.2 |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4596)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4596)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-4596)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4596)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1305-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1305-1)
+ Nova vulnerability
+ 13 December 2011

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4596>