RHEL 6 : openstack-packstack (RHSA-2013:0595)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 234404

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for openstack-packstack.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0595 advisory.

PackStack is a command line utility that uses Puppet modules to support rapid deployment of OpenStack on existing servers over an SSH connection.
PackStack is suitable for deploying both single node proof of concept installations and more complex multi-node installations.

A flaw was found in PackStack. During manifest creation, the manifest file was written to /tmp/ with a predictable file name. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack, overwriting an arbitrary file accessible to the user running PackStack with the contents of the manifest, which could lead to a denial of service. Additionally, the attacker could read and potentially modify the manifest being generated, allowing them to modify systems being deployed using OpenStack.
(CVE-2013-0261)

It was discovered that the cinder.conf and all api-paste.ini configuration files were created with world-readable permissions. A local attacker could use this flaw to view administrative passwords, allowing them to control systems deployed and managed by OpenStack. (CVE-2013-0266)

The CVE-2013-0261 issue was discovered by Kurt Seifried of the Red Hat Security Response Team, and CVE-2013-0266 was discovered by Derek Higgins of the Red Hat OpenStack team.

This update also fixes several bugs in the openstack-packstack package.

All users of openstack-packstack are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which corrects these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL openstack-packstack package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:0595.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 234404

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-0595.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/15/2025

Updated: 4/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0261

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0266

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-packstack

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0261, CVE-2013-0266

RHSA: 2013:0595

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RHEL 6 : openstack-packstack (RHSA-2013:0595)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 234404

Synopsis

Description

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VPR

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CVSS v2

CVSS v3

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