Vulnerability in Openvswitch
CVE-2012-3449
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.
EPSS: 0.000 (14.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Openvswitch — versions 1.4.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 54789 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- 54794 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- [oss-security] 20120803 Re: openvswitch world writable directories (CVE-2012-3449) (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- openvswitch-privilege-escalation(77417) (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- [oss-security] 20120802 openvswitch world writable directories (CVE-2012-3449) (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)