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CVE-2013-1815medium6.1

Packstack: red hat openstack: packstack: unauthorized system modification via insecure answer file creation

Impact

A flaw was found in PackStack. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify deployed systems by changing the answer file, which is created in insecure directories such as /tmp or the current working directory. This insecure file creation could lead to unauthorized system modifications.

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Affected packages

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Red Hat · redhat

OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6

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0:2012.2.3-0.1.dev454.el6ost → before *

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:2::el6

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:5::el6

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:4

Original source description

A flaw was found in PackStack. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify deployed systems by changing the answer file, which is created in insecure directories such as /tmp or the current working directory. This insecure file creation could lead to unauthorized system modifications.

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CVE-2013-1815

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-379 ↗

Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

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Contributing organizations · 2
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2026-10-30
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2024-08-06

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References

5 sources
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0671.html
vendor-advisoryredhat · CVE
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0671
vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1815
vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
Source referenceredhat · CVE
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83017
vdb-entryredhat · CVE