Access Restriction Bypass Affecting openvswitch package, versions <1.4.2+git20120612-8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-OPENVSWITCH-278721
  • published7 Aug 2012
  • disclosed7 Aug 2012

Introduced: 7 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-3449  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable openvswitch to version 1.4.2+git20120612-8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openvswitch package and not the openvswitch package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Open vSwitch 1.4.2 uses world writable permissions for (1) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/controllerca/incoming/ and (2) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/switchca/incoming/, which allows local users to delete and overwrite arbitrary files.

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