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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.5/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49763Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49802Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54277
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9Exploit, Patch
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49763Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49802Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54277
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9Exploit, Patch
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 22, 2012
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified