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CVE-2012-3360

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Published: Jul 22, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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5.5
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 8.0 / Impact: 4.9
Source: 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.

Affected (2)

Products: Openstack: Essex, Folsom
Openstack
2 products
Essex
Folsom
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Essex
Version 2012.1
Folsom
Version 2012.2

Related CWEs

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (18)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
ExploitPatch
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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