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Red Hat: RHSA-2010-0921-01 Critical: MRG Messaging Security Flaw

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Calendar Grey November 30, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important announcement regarding Red Hat Enterprise MRG, focusing on a significant security vulnerability and numerous fixes in software packages for RHEL-5.
Updated Red Hat Enterprise MRG Messaging and Grid packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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

Summary

Red Hat Enterprise MRG (Messaging, Realtime and Grid) is a real-time IT infrastructure for enterprise computing. MRG Messaging implements the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) standard, adding persistence options, kernel optimizations, and operating system services.
The Management Console Installation Guide for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.3 instructed administrators to configure Condor to allow the MRG Management Console (cumin) to submit jobs on behalf of a user. This configuration facilitated a trust relationship between cumin and the Condor QMF plug-ins; however, there was inadequate access control on the trusted channel, allowing anyone able to publish to a broker to submit jobs to run as any other user (except root, as Condor does not run jobs as root). (CVE-2010-4179)
These updated packages also include multiple bug fixes. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.3 Technical Notes for information on these changes: https://access.redhat.com/search/ otes/RHSA-2010-0921.html
All Red Hat Enterprise MRG users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue and the issues noted in the Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.3 Technical Notes. After installing the updated packages, Condor must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat update critical RHEL 5 MRG Messaging

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4179 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://access.redhat.com/search/otes/RHSA-2010-0921.html

Package List

MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server:
Source:
i386: condor-7.4.4-0.17.el5.i386.rpm condor-debuginfo-7.4.4-0.17.el5.i386.rpm condor-kbdd-7.4.4-0.17.el5.i386.rpm condor-qmf-7.4.4-0.17.el5.i386.rpm condor-vm-gahp-7.4.4-0.17.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: condor-7.4.4-0.17.el5.x86_64.rpm condor-debuginfo-7.4.4-0.17.el5.x86_64.rpm condor-kbdd-7.4.4-0.17.el5.x86_64.rpm condor-qmf-7.4.4-0.17.el5.x86_64.rpm condor-vm-gahp-7.4.4-0.17.el5.x86_64.rpm
MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 5 Server:
Source:
i386: condor-7.4.4-0.17.el5.i386.rpm condor-debuginfo-7.4.4-0.17.el5.i386.rpm condor-kbdd-7.4.4-0.17.el5.i386.rpm condor-qmf-7.4.4-0.17.el5.i386.rpm condor-vm-gahp-7.4.4-0.17.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: condor-7.4.4-0.17.el5.x86_64.rpm condor-debuginfo-7.4.4-0.17.el5.x86_64.rpm condor-kbdd-7.4.4-0.17.el5.x86_64.rpm condor-qmf-7.4.4-0.17.el5.x86_64.rpm condor-vm-gahp-7.4.4-0.17.el5.x86_64.rpm
MRG Management for RHEL 5 Server:
Source:
noarch: cumin-0.1.4410-2.el5.noarch.rpm
Red Hat MRG Messaging for RHEL 5 Server:
Source:
i386: qmf-0.7.946106-22.el5.i386.rpm qmf-devel-0.7.946106-22.el5.i386.rpm qpid-cpp-client-0.7.946106-22.el5.i386.rpm qpid-cpp-client-devel-0.7.946106-22.el5.i386.rpm qpid-cpp-client-devel-docs-0.7.946106-22.el5.i386.rpm qpid-cpp-client-rdma-0.7.946106-22.el5.i386.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0921-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG for RHEL-5
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0921.html
Issue date: 2010-11-30

Topic

Updated Red Hat Enterprise MRG Messaging and Grid packages that fix onesecurity issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from theCVE link in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat update critical RHEL 5 MRG Messaging

Relevant Releases Architectures

MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 5 Server - i386, x86_64

MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server - i386, x86_64

MRG Management for RHEL 5 Server - noarch

Red Hat MRG Messaging Base for RHEL 5 Server - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat MRG Messaging for RHEL 5 Server - i386, noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

620687 - hello_world example does not allow connection options to be set

621468 - rejected messages are not dequeued

631567 - The C++ address parser throws an exception and leaks memory if it parses an empty list

636850 - QMF: console.py fails to pass v2-style events up to console

643384 - Cumin: NameError: global name 'UpdateException' is not defined

647860 - Incorrect detection of data types in address parameters - C++ client

647861 - Incorrect handling of datatypes for numeric queue constraints

649822 - Need mechanism to limit access to QMF Agent methods

649915 - protect cumin password wherever it lives

652463 - Acknowledged messages are not confirmed

654856 - CVE-2010-4179 schedd plugin: enable QUEUE_ALL_USERS_TRUSTED for Submit/Hold/Release/Remove ops

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