--- title: CVE-2013-6433 description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6433 --- # CVE-2013-6433 Publication date 2 June 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The default configuration in the Red Hat openstack-neutron package before 2013.2.3-7 does not properly set a configuration file for rootwrap, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted configuration file. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6433#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | neutron | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.3 | | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1.5 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | quantum | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 13.10 saucy | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand) medium because while the issue is privilege escalation, it requires another flaw to exploit the Ubuntu 14.10 1:2014.2~b1-0ubuntu3 upload mistakenly references CVE-2013-1068 ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6433) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6433) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-6433) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6433) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-2255-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2255-1) + OpenStack Neutron vulnerabilities + 25 June 2014 ### Other references * * * *