CVE-2011-4596
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-12-23 22:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:09Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-11-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- eabba277fb4311a748bdac6a5e61edab2663d9b0bac3c4bd0b0c9e309bcbb220
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ad3241929ea00569c74505ed002208ce360c667e
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/894755
- lists.launchpad.net[openstack] 20111213 [OSSA 2011-001] Path traversal issues registering malicious images using EC2 API (CVE-2011-4596)https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg06105.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/76363226bd8533256f7795bba358d7f4b8a6c9e6
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/885167
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- nova Fixed in 2012.1~e1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- nova Fixed in 2012.1~e1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- nova Fixed in 2012.1~e1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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