CVE-2016-4474 (GCVE-0-2016-4474)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-30 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:32
VLAI
Summary
The image build process for the overcloud images in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) director and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) director (aka overcloud-full) use a default root password of ROOTPW, which allows attackers to gain access via unspecified vectors.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1223.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1222.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilitie… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2016-06-13 00:00
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