ubuntu-cve-2013-6433
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-06-02 00:00
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

The default configuration in the Red Hat openstack-neutron package before 2013.2.3-7 does not properly set a configuration file for rootwrap, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted configuration file.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-common",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-dhcp-agent",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-l3-agent",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-lbaas-agent",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-metadata-agent",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-metering-agent",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-bigswitch",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-bigswitch-agent",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-brocade",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-cisco",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-hyperv",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-ibm",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-ibm-agent",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-linuxbridge",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-linuxbridge-agent",
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          },
          {
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          },
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            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-ml2",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-mlnx",
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            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-mlnx-agent",
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            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-nec",
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          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-nec-agent",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-nicira",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-oneconvergence",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
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            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-oneconvergence-agent",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-openflow-agent",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-openvswitch",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-openvswitch-agent",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-plumgrid",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-ryu",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-ryu-agent",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-vmware",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-plugin-vpn-agent",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-server",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "neutron-vpn-agent",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-neutron",
            "binary_version": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "neutron",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/neutron@1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1:2013.2~rc3-0ubuntu1",
        "1:2013.2-0ubuntu1",
        "1:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu1",
        "1:2014.1~b2-0ubuntu2",
        "1:2014.1~b2-0ubuntu4",
        "1:2014.1~b2-0ubuntu6",
        "1:2014.1~b3-0ubuntu1",
        "1:2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu1",
        "1:2014.1~rc2-0ubuntu1",
        "1:2014.1~rc2-0ubuntu3",
        "1:2014.1~rc2-0ubuntu4",
        "1:2014.1-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The default configuration in the Red Hat openstack-neutron package before 2013.2.3-7 does not properly set a configuration file for rootwrap, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted configuration file.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6433",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:22Z",
  "published": "2014-06-02T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6433"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039812"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0516.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Packager/Rootwrap"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2255-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6433"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2255-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-6433"
  ]
}



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