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PYSEC-2012-21
Quick fix
PYSEC-2012-21 — nova: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'nova>=ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3'Details
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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Affected packages
PyPI/nova
Introduced in:
0Fixed in: ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3Fix
pip install --upgrade 'nova>=ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3'References
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3[EVIDENCE]
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3[FIX]
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368[EVIDENCE]
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368[FIX]
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54869[WEB]
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/07/1[WEB]
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953/[WEB]
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845106[REPORT]
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1031311[WEB]
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77539[WEB]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924h[ADVISORY]