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CVE-2016-9590

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS Score

Published: April 26, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsOpenStackPuppet Swift

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Severity

MEDIUM6.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

puppet-swift before versions 8.2.1, 9.4.4 is vulnerable to an information-disclosure in Red Hat OpenStack Platform director's installation of Object Storage (swift). During installation, the Puppet script responsible for deploying the service incorrectly removes and recreates the proxy-server.conf file with world-readable permissions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Puppet Swift · Openstack

95%

8.0.0 ≤ v < 8.2.19.0.0 ≤ v < 9.4.48.2.1 9.4.4

Affected range stops below 8.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

OpenStack · Red Hatdrupal

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0200.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0359.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0361.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95448

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9590

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMredhat

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: CHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-200

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