What is the severity of CVE-2012-5483?

CVE-2012-5483 is rated as a Medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for local users to access sensitive data.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5483?

To fix CVE-2012-5483, you should change the permissions of /etc/keystone/ec2rc to restrict access to only authorized users.

What impact does CVE-2012-5483 have on OpenStack Keystone?

CVE-2012-5483 allows local users to gain unauthorized access to Amazon EC2 services by reading sensitive information from a world-readable file.

Which versions of OpenStack Keystone are affected by CVE-2012-5483?

CVE-2012-5483 specifically affects OpenStack Keystone version 2012.1.3.

Is CVE-2012-5483 exploitable remotely?

CVE-2012-5483 is not remotely exploitable as it requires local access to the affected system.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2012-5483

low

2.1

CWE

264

5/11/2012

26/12/2012

6/8/2024

CVE-2012-5483

First published: Mon Nov 05 2012(Updated: )

tools/sample_data.sh in OpenStack Keystone 2012.1.3, when access to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is configured, uses world-readable permissions for /etc/keystone/ec2rc, which allows local users to obtain access to EC2 services by reading administrative access and secret values from this file.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
OpenStack Keystone	=2012.1.3

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5483?
CVE-2012-5483 is rated as a Medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for local users to access sensitive data.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5483?
To fix CVE-2012-5483, you should change the permissions of /etc/keystone/ec2rc to restrict access to only authorized users.
What impact does CVE-2012-5483 have on OpenStack Keystone?
CVE-2012-5483 allows local users to gain unauthorized access to Amazon EC2 services by reading sensitive information from a world-readable file.
Which versions of OpenStack Keystone are affected by CVE-2012-5483?
CVE-2012-5483 specifically affects OpenStack Keystone version 2012.1.3.
Is CVE-2012-5483 exploitable remotely?
CVE-2012-5483 is not remotely exploitable as it requires local access to the affected system.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5483?
CVE-2012-5483 is rated as a Medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for local users to access sensitive data.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5483?
To fix CVE-2012-5483, you should change the permissions of /etc/keystone/ec2rc to restrict access to only authorized users.
What impact does CVE-2012-5483 have on OpenStack Keystone?
CVE-2012-5483 allows local users to gain unauthorized access to Amazon EC2 services by reading sensitive information from a world-readable file.
Which versions of OpenStack Keystone are affected by CVE-2012-5483?
CVE-2012-5483 specifically affects OpenStack Keystone version 2012.1.3.
Is CVE-2012-5483 exploitable remotely?
CVE-2012-5483 is not remotely exploitable as it requires local access to the affected system.