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CVE-2012-3360

Publication date 3 July 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nova 12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2012.1+stable~20120612-3ee026e-0ubuntu1.1
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

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Per OpenStack Vuln Mgmt Team, only Essex and later are affected

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

Other references