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CVE-2012-3360

Published: Jul 22, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-22
5.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.0%
Top 13.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:SC:NI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

openstack
oss-project·USaka openstack foundation
essexOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
folsomOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
PyPI
package-ecosystem
nova
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/49763
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/49802
secunia.com
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