CVE-2012-3447

medium
Published 2012-08-20 · Modified 2025-10-09
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
4.9
VIR risk
4.9

Description

virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2012.1.x before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before Folsom-3 allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image that uses a symlink that is only readable by root. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3361.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3447

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2012.1.1-6
debian debianbullseyefixed2012.1.1-6
debian debianforkyfixed2012.1.1-6
debian debiansidfixed2012.1.1-6
debian debiantrixiefixed2012.1.1-6

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPInova<d9577ce9f266166a297488445b5b0c93c1ddb368ce4b2e27be45a85b310237615c47eb53f37bb5f3
python PyPInova<12.0.012.0.0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
openstackfolsom
openstacknova2012.1

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.