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title: "CVE-2014-5247\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5247?format=md
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# CVE-2014-5247

Publication date 29 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The \_UpgradeBeforeConfigurationChange function in lib/client/gnt\_cluster.py
in Ganeti 2.10.0 before 2.10.7 and 2.11.0 before 2.11.5 uses world-readable
permissions for the configuration backup file, which allows local users to
obtain SSL keys, remote API credentials, and other sensitive information by
reading the file, related to the upgrade command.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ganeti | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5247?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| ganeti | * Upstream:   <http://git.ganeti.org/?p=ganeti.git;a=commit;h=a89f62e2db9ccf715d64d1a6322474b54d2d9ae0> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5247)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5247)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-5247)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5247)

### Other references

* <http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-006.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5247>