CVE-2012-3361

Publication date 3 July 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nova 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2012.1+stable~20120612-3ee026e-0ubuntu1.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 2011.3-0ubuntu6.9
11.04 natty Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

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Per OpenStack Vuln Mgmt Team, all Nova versions are affected The fix for this CVE was incomplete, see CVE-2012-3447

References

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