UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2621

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2621
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2621.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2621
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:48Z
Published
2018-07-27T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:36:35.982128Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An access-control flaw was found in the OpenStack Orchestration (heat) service before 8.0.0, 6.1.0 and 7.0.2 where a service log directory was improperly made world readable. A malicious system user could exploit this flaw to access sensitive information.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / heat

Package

Name
heat
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/heat@2014.1.5-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2014.1.5-0ubuntu1

Affected versions

2013.*

2013.2~rc2-0ubuntu1
2013.2-0ubuntu1

2014.*

2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2
2014.1~b2-0ubuntu1
2014.1~b3-0ubuntu1
2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu1
2014.1~rc2-0ubuntu1
2014.1~rc2-0ubuntu3
2014.1-0ubuntu1
2014.1-0ubuntu1.1
2014.1.1-0ubuntu1
2014.1.2-0ubuntu1
2014.1.3-0ubuntu1
2014.1.4-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2014.1.5-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "heat-api"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2014.1.5-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "heat-api-cfn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2014.1.5-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "heat-api-cloudwatch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2014.1.5-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "heat-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2014.1.5-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "heat-engine"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2014.1.5-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "python-heat"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / heat

Package

Name
heat
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/heat@1:6.1.2-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:6.1.2-0ubuntu1

Affected versions

1:5.*

1:5.0.0-0ubuntu1

1:6.*

1:6.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1
1:6.0.0~b2-0ubuntu1
1:6.0.0~b2-0ubuntu2
1:6.0.0~b3-0ubuntu1
1:6.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1
1:6.0.0-0ubuntu1
1:6.0.0-0ubuntu1.1
1:6.1.0-0ubuntu1
1:6.1.1-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.2-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "heat-api"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.2-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "heat-api-cfn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.2-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "heat-api-cloudwatch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.2-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "heat-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.2-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "heat-engine"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.2-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "python-heat"
        }
    ]
}