Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Nova vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-1497-1 | First vendor Publication | 2012-07-03 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2012-07-03 |
| 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:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 4.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8 | Authentication | Requires single instance |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 Summary: Nova could be made to overwrite or corrupt arbitrary files in the compute host file system. Software Description: - nova: OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure Details: Matthias Weckbecker discovered that, when using the OpenStack API to setup libvirt-based hypervisors, an authenticated user could inject files in arbitrary locations on the file system of the host running Nova. A remote attacker could use this to gain root privileges. This issue only affects Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-3360) Pádraig Brady discovered that an authenticated user could corrupt arbitrary files of the host running Nova. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges. (CVE-2012-3361) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: 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-1497-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 50 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
| 50 % | 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:17908 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17908 | ||
| Title: | USN-1497-1 -- nova vulnerabilities | ||
| Description: | Nova could be made to overwrite or corrupt arbitrary files in the compute host file system. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-1497-1 CVE-2012-3360 CVE-2012-3361 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 11.10 | Product(s): | nova |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| Application | 1 | |
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-08-30 | Name : Fedora Update for openstack-nova FEDORA-2012-10420 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_10420_openstack-nova_fc17.nasl |
| 2012-08-30 | Name : Fedora Update for openstack-nova FEDORA-2012-10939 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_10939_openstack-nova_fc17.nasl |
| 2012-08-30 | Name : Fedora Update for openstack-nova FEDORA-2012-11756 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_11756_openstack-nova_fc17.nasl |
| 2012-08-24 | Name : Ubuntu Update for nova USN-1545-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1545_1.nasl |
| 2012-07-23 | Name : Fedora Update for openstack-nova FEDORA-2012-10418 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_10418_openstack-nova_fc16.nasl |
| 2012-07-06 | Name : Ubuntu Update for nova USN-1497-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1497_1.nasl |
Snort® IPS/IDS
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-01-10 | OpenStack Compute directory traversal attempt RuleID : 24521 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-WEBAPP |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-08-23 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-1545-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-08-22 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-11756.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-07-20 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-10418.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-07-20 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-10420.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-07-05 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-1497-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:00:23 |
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