CVE-2012-3361
OpenStack Nova Arbitrary file injection/corruption through directory traversal issues
CVE-2012-3361 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Openstack Diablo, published July 22, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.65%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in nova 12.0.0a0.
- Severity
- 5.5 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 2.65%EPSS, 85th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
12.0.0a0nova +3 more
Description
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
Affected packages
What each source reports
NVD Score used
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.
- Record
CVE-2012-3361- CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.
- Record
CVE-2012-3361- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-0022No score
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.
- Record
EUVD-2012-0022- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cm54-3vvf-f5p8No score
OpenStack Nova Arbitrary file injection/corruption through directory traversal issues
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.
- Record
GHSA-cm54-3vvf-f5p8- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVNo score
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.
- Record
CVE-2012-3361- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-3361No score
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3361- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-cm54-3vvf-f5p8No score
OpenStack Nova Arbitrary file injection/corruption through directory traversal issues
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.
- Record
GHSA-cm54-3vvf-f5p8- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2012-39No score
virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.
- Record
PYSEC-2012-39- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
References
secunia.com/advisories/49763
review.openstack.org
securityfocus.com/bid/54278
bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083969.html
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lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3361
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3361