CVE-2020-1690

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1690
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-07 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-25 11:43:00 UTC
DescriptionAn improper authorization flaw was discovered in openstack-selinux's applied policy where it does not prevent a non-root user in a container from privilege escalation. A non-root attacker in one or more Red Hat OpenStack (RHOSP) containers could send messages to the dbus. With access to the dbus, the attacker could start or stop services, possibly causing a denial of service. Versions before openstack-selinux 0.8.24 are affected.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Openstack-selinux All All All All
Application Redhat Openstack Platform 15.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack Platform 16.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1789640 – (CVE-2020-1690) CVE-2020-1690 openstack-selinux: policy flaw allows dbus messaging MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
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