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openvswitch: unintended file access

Package(s):

openvswitch

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-3449

Created:

November 13, 2012

Updated:

November 14, 2012

Description:

From the CVE entry:

Open vSwitch 1.4.2 uses world writable permissions for (1) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/controllerca/incoming/ and (2) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/switchca/incoming/, which allows local users to delete and overwrite arbitrary files.

Alerts:

Fedora

FEDORA-2012-17477

2012-11-13

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