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PYSEC-2012-21
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:
0 Fixed in: ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3 Fix
pip install --upgrade 'nova>=ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3' References
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3 [FIX]
- 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]