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SCA: security update for nova (GHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924h)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420420

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2012-3447)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc4g-7vw8-924h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420420

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3447

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3447

BID: 54869

cwe: CWE-863