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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS01M3dtLTk3cDYtNTgyZs3uNw

instack-undercloud vulnerable to symlink attack on tmp 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.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53wm-97p6-582f
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS01M3dtLTk3cDYtNTgyZs3uNw
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: about 2 years ago
Updated: 27 days ago


CVSS Score: 6.4
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-53wm-97p6-582f, CVE-2017-7549
References: Blast Radius: 5.4

Affected Packages

pypi:instack-undercloud
Dependent packages: 0
Dependent repositories: 7
Downloads: 133 last month
Affected Version Ranges: <= 7.2.0
No known fixed version
All affected versions: 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 5.0.0, 5.1.0, 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.3.5, 5.3.6, 5.3.7, 5.3.8, 5.3.9, 5.3.10, 6.0.0, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4, 6.1.5, 6.1.6, 6.1.7, 6.1.8, 7.0.0, 7.1.0, 7.2.0