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Red Hat OpenStack 6.0 RHSA-2015:1677-01 Major: Log4j Vulnerability Threat

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Calendar Grey August 24, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Newly released Redis updates for Red Hat OpenStack address critical vulnerabilities related to Lua sandbox breaches and unauthorized code execution. Discover further details!
Updated redis packages that fix a security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Redis is an advanced key-value store. It is often referred to as a data structure server since keys can contain strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets.
A flaw was discovered in redis that could allow an authenticated user, who was able to use the EVAL command to run Lua code, to break out of the Lua sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the system. (CVE-2015-4335)
All users of redis are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat arbitrary code execution moderate severity redis command escape

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4335 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 for RHEL 7:
Source: redis-2.8.21-1.el7ost.src.rpm
x86_64: redis-2.8.21-1.el7ost.x86_64.rpm redis-debuginfo-2.8.21-1.el7ost.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:1676-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1676.html
Issue date: 2015-08-24

Topic

Updated redis packages that fix a security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat arbitrary code execution moderate severity redis command escape

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 for RHEL 7 - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1228327 - CVE-2015-4335 redis: Lua sandbox escape and arbitrary code execution

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