Access Restriction Bypass Affecting nova package, versions <2012.1.1-2


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.38% (73rd percentile)
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NVD
5.4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-NOVA-524397
  • published 22 Jul 2012
  • disclosed 22 Jul 2012

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 nova to version 2012.1.1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nova package and not the nova package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.