CVE-2017-2621 Information disclosure in openstack-heat
A malicious local user can access sensitive information from world-readable log directories in the OpenStack Heat service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-2621?
CVE-2017-2621 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openstack, published on 27 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An access-control flaw was found in the OpenStack Orchestration (heat) service before 8.0.0, 6.1.0 and 7.0.2 where a service log directory was improperly made world readable. A malicious system user could exploit this flaw to access sensitive information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2621?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (7)
openstack-heat Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 1:7.0.2-4.el7ost |
openstack-heat-api Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 1:7.0.2-4.el7ost |
openstack-heat-api-cfn Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 1:7.0.2-4.el7ost |
openstack-heat-api-cloudwatch Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 1:7.0.2-4.el7ost |
openstack-heat-common Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 1:7.0.2-4.el7ost |
openstack-heat-engine Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 1:7.0.2-4.el7ost |
python-heat-tests Red Hat:openstack:10::el7 | All versions | 1:7.0.2-4.el7ost |
Products include Openstack Heat, Redhat Openstack.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2621?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2017-2621 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2621 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openstack
Sources
Also known as GHSA-93f2-xp2g-gqxp, RHSA-2017:1243.