Security Bulletin
Summary
The directories that are used to temporarily store live snapshots on Nova compute nodes are writable to all local users. A local attacker with shell access on the compute nodes might, therefore, read and modify the contents of live snapshots before those files are uploaded to the image service.
Vulnerability Details
CVE ID: CVE-2013-7048
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89873 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator 2.3
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to apply IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator V2.3.0 Fix Pack 1 as soon as practical.
Workarounds and Mitigations
This functionality is not directly exposed to IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator end users. Ensure that end users do not have direct access to the nova commands.
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References
Change History
March 31st 2014 Original Copy Published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
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Document Information
More support for:
IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator
Software version:
2.3
Operating system(s):
Linux
Document number:
243357
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21668758