CVE-2017-7549
CVSS V2 Low 3.3
CVSS V3 Medium 6.4
Description
A flaw was found in instack-undercloud 7.2.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Pike, 6.1.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Oacta, 5.3.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Newton, where pre-install and security policy scripts used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-7549
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-09-21T21:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-02-12T23:31:08
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AND | ||||
| cpe:2.3:a:openstack:instack-undercloud:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0 | OR | ||
| AND | ||||
| cpe:2.3:a:openstack:instack-undercloud:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0 | OR | ||
| AND | ||||
| cpe:2.3:a:openstack:instack-undercloud:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 3.3
- Severity
- LOW
- Exploitability Score
- 3.4
- Impact Score
- 4.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- HIGH
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 6.4
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 1.1
- Impact Score
- 4.7
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100407 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2557 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2649 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2687 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2693 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2726 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7549 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477403 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7549 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7549 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 06:58:29 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 21:17:51 | 2017-09-21T21:29Z | 2017-09-21T21:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 21:17:51 | 2021-08-04T17:15:29 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 21:17:51 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 22:07:24 | 2023-02-02T21:17:53 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 22:07:24 | A flaw was found in instack-undercloud 7.2.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Pike, 6.1.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Oacta, 5.3.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Newton, where pre-install and security policy scripts used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files. | A flaw was found in instack-undercloud where pre-install and security policy scripts used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files. | Description | updated |
| 2023-02-02 22:07:25 | References | updated | ||
| 2023-02-13 01:07:12 | 2023-02-12T23:31:08 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-13 01:07:12 | Weakness Enumeration | update | ||
| 2023-02-13 01:07:12 | A flaw was found in instack-undercloud where pre-install and security policy scripts used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files. | A flaw was found in instack-undercloud 7.2.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Pike, 6.1.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Oacta, 5.3.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Newton, where pre-install and security policy scripts used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files. | Description | updated |