CVE-2015-0257

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2015-01-04
CWE:
(CWE-522|CWE-732)
Bugzilla:
1189085: CVE-2015-0257 ovirt-engine-dwh: incorrect permissions on plugin file containing passwords
It was discovered that a directory shared between the ovirt-engine-dwhd service and a plug-in used during the service's startup had incorrect permissions. A local user could use this flaw to access files in this directory, which could potentially contain sensitive information.

Find out more about CVE-2015-0257 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.5
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
RHEV Manager 3 (org.ovirt.engine-root) RHSA-2015:0888 2015-04-28

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
RHEV Manager 3 ovirt-engine-setup Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Yedidyah Bar David of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization team.

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