CVE-2017-7549

instack-undercloud: uses hardcoded /tmp paths

Published Sep 21, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 6.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-2488 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-53wm-97p6-582f instack-undercloud vulnerable to symlink attack on tmp files
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 4:04 PM
Reserved
Apr 5, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 21, 2017, 9:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:24 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 14, 2017, 12:00 AM