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CVE-2011-4596

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in OpenStack Nova before 2011.3.1, when the EC2 API and the S3/RegisterImag

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in OpenStack Nova before 2011.3.1, when the EC2 API and the S3/RegisterImage image-registration method are enabled, allow remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted (1) tarball or (2) manifest.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6 EPSS 0.00541
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

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openstack nova>= 2011.3 and < 2011.3.1
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI nova MODERATE fixed in 12.0.0a0
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD23 Dec 2011 · 10:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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usnUSN-1305-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/885167Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/894755Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/76363226bd8533256f7795bba358d7f4b8a6c9e6Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ad3241929ea00569c74505ed002208ce360c667eThird Party Advisory
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg06105.htmlThird Party Advisory
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