Vulnerability in Openstack Instack-Undercloud

CVE-2017-7549

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7549?
CVE-2017-7549 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openstack Instack-Undercloud, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2017-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-7549?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.