🛡️ CVE-2012-3360 — nova

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

OpenStack Nova Directory traversal vulnerability

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.

Weakness class

CVE-2012-3360 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2012-3360 is recorded against 1 package.

  • nova (fixed in 12.0.0a0)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 22 November 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
bugs.launchpad.net (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
lists.launchpad.net (Web)
www.ubuntu.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-11-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
nova 12.0.0a0

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