CVE-2017-2622: Infoleak

Published Feb 10, 2017
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Updated

An accessibility flaw was found in the OpenStack Workflow (mistral) service where a service log directory was improperly made world readable. A malicious system user could exploit this flaw to access sensitive information.

Other sources

The directory /var/log/mistral is world readable and contains log files that are readable, which can result in the exposure of sensitive information. The 'other readable/execute' bits need to be removed from the /var/log/mistral directory:

[stack@instack ~]$ ls -la /var/log/mistral total 2288 drwxr-xr-x. 2 mistral mistral 4096 Feb 9 01:07 . drwxr-xr-x. 31 root root 4096 Feb 9 01:02 .. -rw-r--r--. 1 mistral mistral 112623 Feb 9 20:09 api.log -rw-r--r--. 1 mistral mistral 1829883 Feb 9 20:09 engine.log -rw-r--r--. 1 mistral mistral 383889 Feb 9 20:09 executor.log

Red Hat

Affected Software

1 affected component
redhat Openstack=10

Event History

Feb 10, 2017
Data Sourced
05:03 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Jul 27, 2018
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:00 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2017-2622?

CVE-2017-2622 has a medium severity level due to the exposure of potentially sensitive log information.

2

How do I fix CVE-2017-2622?

To fix CVE-2017-2622, restrict the permissions of the /var/log/mistral directory to prevent world-readable access.

3

Who is affected by CVE-2017-2622?

CVE-2017-2622 primarily affects users running Red Hat OpenStack version 10.

4

What kind of information could be exposed due to CVE-2017-2622?

CVE-2017-2622 could expose sensitive user and operational log information that may aid an attacker.

5

Is CVE-2017-2622 exploitable by non-privileged users?

Yes, CVE-2017-2622 can be exploited by any malicious system user due to the world-readable permissions on the log directory.

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