#VU4536 Information disclosure in Red Hat OpenStack - CVE-2013-0266 

 

#VU4536 Information disclosure in Red Hat OpenStack - CVE-2013-0266

Published: January 13, 2017 / Updated: April 21, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU4536
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0266
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Red Hat OpenStack
Software vendor:
Red Hat Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to insecure permissions being set on the cinder.conf and api-paste.ini files. A local attacker can gain access to a world-readable log file and obtain sensitive information.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

External links