CVE-2012-3449

Published Aug 7, 2012

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 3.6
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "165CADB6-1519-4A30-A879-A43FBB4E55D5"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References