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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-5247

Published: Aug 29, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5247
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The _UpgradeBeforeConfigurationChange function in lib/client/gnt_cluster.py in Ganeti 2.10.0 before 2.10.7 and 2.11.0 before 2.11.5 uses world-readable permissions for the configuration backup file, which allows local users to obtain SSL keys, remote API credentials, and other sensitive information by reading the file, related to the upgrade command.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GanetiSpi-inc2.10.0 (including)2.10.0 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.10.0-beta1 (including)2.10.0-beta1 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.10.0-rc1 (including)2.10.0-rc1 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.10.0-rc2 (including)2.10.0-rc2 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.10.0-rc3 (including)2.10.0-rc3 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.10.1 (including)2.10.1 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.10.2 (including)2.10.2 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.10.3 (including)2.10.3 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.10.4 (including)2.10.4 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.10.5 (including)2.10.5 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.10.6 (including)2.10.6 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.11.0 (including)2.11.0 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.11.0-beta1 (including)2.11.0-beta1 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.11.0-rc1 (including)2.11.0-rc1 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.11.1 (including)2.11.1 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.11.2 (including)2.11.2 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.11.3 (including)2.11.3 (including)
GanetiSpi-inc2.11.4 (including)2.11.4 (including)
GanetiUbuntulucid*
GanetiUbuntuprecise*
GanetiUbuntutrusty*
GanetiUbuntuupstream*
GanetiUbuntuutopic*
GanetiUbuntuvivid*
GanetiUbuntuwily*

References

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