Information disclosure in Openstack Puppet-Swift

CVE-2016-9590

puppet-swift before versions 8.2.1, 9.4.4 is vulnerable to an information-disclosure in Red Hat OpenStack Platform director's installation of Object Storage (swift). During installation, the Puppet script responsible for deploying the service incorrectly removes and recreates the proxy-server.conf file with world-readable permissions.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.012 (63.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9590?
CVE-2016-9590 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openstack Puppet-Swift, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-04-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-9590?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.