CVE Catalog

CVE-2013-0266

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

A flaw in the puppetlabs-cinder module as used in PackStack is due to incorrect world-readable permissions on the cinder.conf and api-paste.ini configuration files. A local user can read these files, leading to disclosure of OpenStack administrative passwords.

Risk Assessment

A local user can obtain OpenStack administrative passwords and gain unauthorized access to sensitive resources.

Recommendation

Restrict permissions on cinder.conf and api-paste.ini and update the module to a patched version.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in the `puppetlabs-cinder` module, as used in PackStack. This vulnerability is due to incorrect file permissions, specifically world-readable permissions, on the `cinder.conf` and `api-paste.ini` configuration files. A local user can exploit this by reading these files, which leads to the disclosure of OpenStack administrative passwords. This information disclosure could allow unauthorized access to sensitive OpenStack resources.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS