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.

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-7549: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

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.