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Red Hat: 2015:1929-01 Important: openstack-ironic-discoverd RCE

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Calendar Grey October 22, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important notice regarding openstack-ironic-discoverd due to a security vulnerability. It is advised to implement this patch promptly. Take action immediately!
Updated openstack-ironic-discoverd packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0

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

Ironic provides bare metal provisioning for OpenStack nodes.
It was discovered that enabling debug mode in openstack-ironic-discoverd also enables debug mode in the underlying Flask framework. If errors are encountered while Flask is in debug mode, a user experiencing an error may be able to access the debug console (effectively, a command shell). (CVE-2015-5306)
All openstack-ironic-discoverd users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat important security OpenStack RCE openstack-ironic-discoverd

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5306 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

OpenStack 7.0 Director for RHEL 7:
Source: openstack-ironic-discoverd-1.1.0-8.el7ost.src.rpm
noarch: openstack-ironic-discoverd-1.1.0-8.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-ironic-discoverd-ramdisk-1.1.0-8.el7ost.noarch.rpm python-ironic-discoverd-1.1.0-8.el7ost.noarch.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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:1929-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1929
Issue date: 2015-10-22

Topic

Updated openstack-ironic-discoverd packages that fix one security issue arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important 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 security update Red Hat important security OpenStack RCE openstack-ironic-discoverd

Relevant Releases Architectures

OpenStack 7.0 Director for RHEL 7 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1256421 - Incorrect RAM report

1273698 - CVE-2015-5306 openstack-ironic-discoverd: potential remote code execution with debug mode enabled

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