OpenStack 'qcow2' File Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:49922

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OpenStack 'qcow2' File Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 49922
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2011-3147
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 03 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 03 2011 12:00AM
Credit: Scott Moser
Vulnerable: OpenStack Compute 0
Not Vulnerable:

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OpenStack 'qcow2' File Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

OpenStack is prone to a local security-bypass vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to gain unauthorized access to the host filesystem through the backing store functionality.

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