What is CVE-2013-0261?

CVE-2013-0261 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openstack Essex, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2013-03-08.

How severe is CVE-2013-0261?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openstack Essex

CVE-2013-0261

A flaw was found in PackStack. A local user could exploit a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in the `/tmp` directory. This vulnerability allows the local user to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, potentiall…

EPSS: 0.001 (30.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Openstack Essex
Openstack Folsom
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Openstack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
Red Hat Openstack Platform 4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
CWE-264

References

secalert@redhat.com (Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-0261?: CVE-2013-0261 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openstack Essex, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2013-03-08.
How severe is CVE-2013-0261?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.