Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2017-2621 is an OpenStack Heat information exposure issue. A service log directory was made readable by all local users, allowing a malicious system user to view sensitive information in logs. The issue is medium severity and primarily matters on shared or multi-user OpenStack hosts. Exposure is most likely where Red Hat OpenStack or OpenStack Heat runs on hosts with local user access and logs may contain sensitive operational data. The source bundle does not show remote-only exposure or broad product impact beyond openstack-heat. Treat as a targeted confidentiality issue, not an internet-scale emergency. Prioritize remediation on shared administration hosts, regulated environments, or deployments where local account compromise would expose tenant or operational secrets. Mitigation focus: Apply Red Hat updates from RHSA-2017:1243 or RHSA-2017:1464 where applicable.; Upgrade affected Heat deployments to vendor-fixed versions listed in advisories.; Confirm service log directories use vendor-supported restrictive permissions..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.9 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N1.54Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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5.9MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2621CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHSA-2017:1243CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2017:1464CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
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