FKIE_CVE-2013-1815

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-04-10 15:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:52
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Summary
A flaw was found in PackStack. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify deployed systems by changing the answer file, which is created in insecure directories such as /tmp or the current working directory. This insecure file creation could lead to unauthorized system modifications.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0671.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1815
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917904Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83017
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0671.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917904Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83017
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat openstack_essex -
redhat openstack_folsom -
redhat packstack 2012.2.3
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