CVE-2017-7549 (GCVE-0-2017-7549)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-21 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:04
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2726 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100407 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2649 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2687 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2557 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2693 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477403 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat, Inc. instack-undercloud Affected: Pike, 12: v7.2.0, Ocata, 11: v6.1.0, Newton, 10: v5.3.0
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2017-08-14 00:00
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