CVE-2012-3449 (GCVE-0-2012-3449)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-08-07 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:05
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Open vSwitch 1.4.2 uses world writable permissions for (1) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/controllerca/incoming/ and (2) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/switchca/incoming/, which allows local users to delete and overwrite arbitrary files.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683665
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/02/6
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/6
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54789
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54794
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845350
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77417
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683665
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/02/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54789
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54794
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845350
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77417
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