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
- Openstack Puppet-swift
- Unspecified Puppet-swift — versions puppet-swift 8.2.1, puppet-swift 9.4.4
- Redhat Openstack — versions 8, 9, 10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
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.