REDHAT-BUG-845106: Medium severity red hat openstack services on openshift vulnerability

Published Aug 1, 2012
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Updated

Thierry Carrez <thierry> reports:

Pádraig Brady from Red Hat discovered that the fix implemented for CVE-2012-3361 (OSSA-2012-008) was not covering all attack scenarios. By crafting a malicious image with root-readable-only symlinks and requesting a server based on it, an authenticated user could still corrupt arbitrary files (all setups affected) or inject arbitrary files (Essex and later setups with OpenStack API enabled and a libvirt-based hypervisor) on the host filesystem, potentially resulting in full compromise of that compute node.

Affected Software

2 affected components
Red Hat OpenStack
Red Hat libvirt

Event History

Aug 1, 2012
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·07:13 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of REDHAT-BUG-845106?

The severity of REDHAT-BUG-845106 is classified as a critical vulnerability.

2

How do I fix REDHAT-BUG-845106?

To fix REDHAT-BUG-845106, apply the latest updates for Red Hat OpenStack and Red Hat libvirt as soon as they are available.

3

What products are affected by REDHAT-BUG-845106?

REDHAT-BUG-845106 affects Red Hat OpenStack and Red Hat libvirt.

4

What type of attack does REDHAT-BUG-845106 relate to?

REDHAT-BUG-845106 relates to vulnerabilities in handling malicious images that could lead to privilege escalation.

5

Who discovered the issue in REDHAT-BUG-845106?

The issue in REDHAT-BUG-845106 was discovered by Pádraig Brady from Red Hat.

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