CVE-2017-7549

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:instack-undercloud:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:instack-undercloud:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:instack-undercloud:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 Feb 2023, 23:31

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary 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.
CWE CWE-59 CWE-377
References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7549', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7549', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

02 Feb 2023, 21:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary 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.
References
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7549 -

04 Aug 2021, 17:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-09-21 21:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:15


NVD link : CVE-2017-7549

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7549

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7549


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Products Affected

openstack

  • instack-undercloud

redhat

  • openstack
CWE
CWE-377

Insecure Temporary File

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')