Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Nova vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-1305-1 | First vendor Publication | 2011-12-13 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2011-12-13 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 6.8 | Authentication | Requires single instance |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.10 Summary: Nova could be made to overwrite files. Software Description: - nova: OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure Details: David Black discovered that Nova did not properly perform input validation during image registration. An attacker could exploit this by registering a crafted image using the EC2 API or S3/RegisterImage method and overwrite files as the nova user. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1305-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-22 | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15303 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15303 | ||
| Title: | USN-1305-1 -- Nova vulnerability | ||
| Description: | nova: OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure Nova could be made to overwrite files. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-1305-1 CVE-2011-4596 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 11.10 | Product(s): | Nova |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-04-11 | Name : Fedora Update for openstack-nova FEDORA-2012-5026 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_5026_openstack-nova_fc16.nasl |
| 2012-04-02 | Name : Fedora Update for openstack-nova FEDORA-2011-17111 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_17111_openstack-nova_fc16.nasl |
| 2012-03-19 | Name : Fedora Update for openstack-nova FEDORA-2012-0682 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_0682_openstack-nova_fc16.nasl |
| 2012-03-16 | Name : Ubuntu Update for nova USN-1305-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1305_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 77699 | OpenStack Nova EC2 RegisterImage Action Traversal Arbitrary File Creation |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-01-20 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-0682.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-12-23 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2011-17111.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-12-14 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-1305-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:59:26 |
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