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CVE-2012-3360

MEDIUMEPSS 86th pctl
5.5
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.

How to fix

Remediation Available
novaDebian
Fixed in:2012.1.1-2CVE-2012-3360
Fixed in:2012.1.1-2CVE-2012-3360
Fixed in:2012.1.1-2CVE-2012-3360
Fixed in:2012.1.1-2CVE-2012-3360

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days
86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

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