CVE-2012-3447

PyPI/nova CVE-2012-3447: medium 6.5, EPSS 1.93%

Arbitrary file overwrite in OpenStack Nova

Action: Upgrade nova to 12.0.0 or later.

pip install nova==12.0.0

Affected

Fixed versions

Sources

• osv: GHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924h
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3447
• https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3
• https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1031311
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845106
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77539
• https://github.com/openstack/nova
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-21.yaml
• https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120824003029/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54869
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/07/1

CVE-2012-3447 · published 2022-05-17T01:44:00Z · modified 2024-10-01T19:34:03Z · JSON

PyPI/nova CVE-2012-3447: unknown, EPSS 1.93%

virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2012.1.x before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before Folsom-3 allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an ima

Action: No fix published. Pin and monitor.

Affected

Fixed versions

No fixed version in the source.

Sources

• osv: PYSEC-2012-21
• https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3
• https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54869
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/07/1
• https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10953/
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845106
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1031311
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77539
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924h

CVE-2012-3447 · published 2012-08-20T18:55:00Z · modified 2026-06-10T17:02:25.776886022Z · JSON