nova — security advisory
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.
- Products
- nova
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2012.1.1-6
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-3447
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:04 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3447
nova
Fixed versions: 2012.1.1-6
nova
Fixed versions: 2012.1.1-6
nova
Fixed versions: 2012.1.1-6
Complete source record
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