OpenStack Essex 2012.1 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in OpenStack Essex 2012.1. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-3360. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenStack Essex 2012.1 (Cloud Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 07/22/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-3360 since 06/14/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59845 (Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : nova vulnerabilities (USN-1497-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76755), Tenable (59845), SecurityFocus (BID 54277†), Secunia (SA49763†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35510†). See VDB-61379 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Nessus ID: 59845
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : nova vulnerabilities (USN-1497-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 864556
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for openstack-nova FEDORA-2012-10420
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Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: openstack.org

Advisory: USN-1497-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-3360 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3360
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61378

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X-Force: 76755
SecurityFocus: 54277 - OpenStack Nova CVE-2012-3360 Remote Code Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 49763 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) Host File Injection and File Corruption Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 35510 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2012.1 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/06/2021 18:13
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (61), 04/14/2017 14:05 (13), 12/06/2021 18:06 (4), 12/06/2021 18:13 (1)
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