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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diablo | Openstack | 2011.3 (including) | 2011.3 (including) |
| Essex | Openstack | 2012.1 (including) | 2012.1 (including) |
| Folsom | Openstack | 2012.2 (including) | 2012.2 (including) |
| Nova | Ubuntu | natty | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | oneiric | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | precise | * |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083969.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49763
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49802
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54278
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/9268/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083969.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083984.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49763
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49802
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54278
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1497-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1015531
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/2427d4a99bed35baefd8f17ba422cb7aae8dcca7
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0feaffdb2b1c51182b8dce41b367f3449af5dd9
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14089.html
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/9268/