CVE-2012-3361: OpenStack Nova Arbitrary file injection/corruption through directory traversal issues
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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.
References
- bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
 - github.com/advisories/GHSA-cm54-3vvf-f5p8
 - github.com/openstack/nova
 - github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
 - github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9
 - github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-39.yaml
 - lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
 - nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3361
 - review.openstack.org/
 
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