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RHSA-2015:1736-01 Moderate: Red Hat OpenShift API Crash Issue

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Calendar Grey September 3, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical patch released for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform resolving API failure bug identified as CVE-2015-5250. Update recommended.
Updated openshift packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258.

After running the "yum update" command on each host and ensuring all packages have been updated, restart the openshift-master service on the master host:

# systemctl restart openshift-master

Summary

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise is a cloud computing Platform-as-a- Service (PaaS) solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments.
Improper error handling in the API server can cause the master process to crash. A user with network access to the master could cause this to happen. (CVE-2015-5250)
This issue was discovered by Jordan Liggitt of the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Team.
All OpenShift Enterprise 3.0 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat OpenShift API crash

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5250 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

RHOSE 3.0:
Source: openshift-3.0.1.0-1.git.529.dcab62c.el7ose.src.rpm
x86_64: openshift-3.0.1.0-1.git.529.dcab62c.el7ose.x86_64.rpm openshift-clients-3.0.1.0-1.git.529.dcab62c.el7ose.x86_64.rpm openshift-master-3.0.1.0-1.git.529.dcab62c.el7ose.x86_64.rpm openshift-node-3.0.1.0-1.git.529.dcab62c.el7ose.x86_64.rpm openshift-sdn-ovs-3.0.1.0-1.git.529.dcab62c.el7ose.x86_64.rpm tuned-profiles-openshift-node-3.0.1.0-1.git.529.dcab62c.el7ose.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:1736-01
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1736
Issue date: 2015-09-03

Topic

Updated openshift packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat OpenShift API crash

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHOSE 3.0 - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1258641 - Malformed JSON can cause API process crash

1259867 - CVE-2015-5250 OpenShift: Malformed JSON can cause API process crash

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