PT-2018-7142 · Openstack · Openstack Orchestration (Heat) Service

Hans Feldt + 1 · CVE-2017-2621 · Published 2018-07-27 · Updated 2023-02-12

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: OpenStack Orchestration (heat) service versions prior to 8.0.0 OpenStack Orchestration (heat) service version 6.1.0 OpenStack Orchestration (heat) service version 7.0.2

Description: An access-control flaw was found in the OpenStack Orchestration (heat) service where a service log directory was improperly made world readable. A malicious system user could exploit this flaw to access sensitive information.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 8.0.0, update to version 8.0.0 or later to resolve the issue. For version 6.1.0, update to a version later than 6.1.0 to resolve the issue. For version 7.0.2, update to a version later than 7.0.2 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Insertion into Log File

Files Accessible to External Parties

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-532

CWE-552

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-2621

RHSA-2017:1243

RHSA-2017:1464

Affected Products

Openstack Orchestration (Heat) Service

References · 11

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1243 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2621 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1464 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2621 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/18657 · Telegram Post
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96280 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420990 · Note