CVE-2012-3361

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1497-1

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

virt/disk/api.py en OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2.012,2), Essex (2.012,1) y Diablo (2.011,3) permite a usuarios remotos autenticados sobrescribir archivos arbitrarios a través de un ataque de enlace simbólico un archivo en una imagen.

Matthias Weckbecker discovered that, when using the OpenStack API to setup libvirt-based hypervisors, an authenticated user could inject files in arbitrary locations on the file system of the host running Nova. A remote attacker could use this to gain root privileges. This issue only affects Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Padraig Brady discovered that an authenticated user could corrupt arbitrary files of the host running Nova. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-06-14 CVE Reserved
2012-07-03 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54278	Vdb Entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531	X_refsource_confirm
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html	Mailing List
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/9268	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7	2024-08-06
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083969.html	2012-08-17
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html	2012-08-17
http://secunia.com/advisories/49763	2012-08-17
http://secunia.com/advisories/49802	2012-08-17
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1	2012-08-17

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Openstack Search vendor "Openstack"		Diablo Search vendor "Openstack" for product "Diablo"				2011.3 Search vendor "Openstack" for product "Diablo" and version "2011.3"		-		Affected
Openstack Search vendor "Openstack"		Essex Search vendor "Openstack" for product "Essex"				2012.1 Search vendor "Openstack" for product "Essex" and version "2012.1"		-		Affected
Openstack Search vendor "Openstack"		Folsom Search vendor "Openstack" for product "Folsom"				2012.2 Search vendor "Openstack" for product "Folsom" and version "2012.2"		-		Affected