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Red Hat OpenStack Folsom RHSA-2013:0671-01 Moderate PackStack Security Fix

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2013
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Explore the recent enhancement by Red Hat in the openstack-packstack domain, targeting resolutions for stability issues and fortifications in security measures for established setups.
An updated openstack-packstack package that fixes one security issue and several bugs is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Folsom

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

Summary

PackStack is a command line utility that uses Puppet modules to support rapid deployment of OpenStack on existing servers over an SSH connection. PackStack is suitable for deploying both single node proof of concept installations and more complex multi-node installations.
It was found that PackStack did not handle the answer file securely. In some environments, such as those using a non-default umask, a local attacker could possibly modify the answer file if PackStack was run in an attacker controlled directory, or attempted to create the answer file in "/tmp/", allowing the attacker to modify systems being deployed using OpenStack. Note: After applying this update, PackStack will create the answer file in the user's home directory by default. It will no longer create it in the current working directory or the "/tmp/" directory by default. (CVE-2013-1815)
The CVE-2013-1815 issue was discovered by Derek Higgins of the Red Hat OpenStack team.
This update also fixes several bugs in the openstack-packstack package.
All users of openstack-packstack are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which corrects these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue bug fix Red Hat OpenStack packstack deployment tool

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1815 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

OpenStack Folsom:
Source:
noarch: openstack-packstack-2012.2.3-0.1.dev454.el6ost.noarch.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0671-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0671.html
Issue date: 2013-03-21

Topic

An updated openstack-packstack package that fixes one security issue andseveral bugs is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Folsom.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue bug fix Red Hat OpenStack packstack deployment tool

Relevant Releases Architectures

OpenStack Folsom - noarch

Bugs Fixed

865347 - RFE: Hypervisor installer should change host's IO scheduler to deadline for improved performance

886603 - Openstack Installer: packstack should handle both IP addresses and hostnames for all parameters available in its answer file.

888725 - packstack puppet recipes should set authtoken parameters in *.conf not paste.ini

892247 - Provide --all-in-one parameter to Packstack

893107 - Openstack-packstack: The installation log file is available at - is empty, ( when not using '--debug=true') .

894733 - packstack: keystonerc_admin file generation: assumes '/root' exists, stores keystonerc_admin file with too much permissions

896618 - RFE: Use full/explanatory service names in user prompts.

903502 - packstack munges my RHN password

903545 - take /usr/share/*dist.conf into account when writing /etc/*conf

903813 - Configure Horizon to use HTTPS by default.

905081 - glance endpoint url contains version which brakes new-enough python-glanceclient

905368 - Support for RHN Hosted and Satellite

905842 - NTP configuration fails if ntpd service is running in the machine already

908695 - openstack-packstack: Installation failed on iptables Command Error 'Resource temporarily unavailable'.

908771 - Have consistent conventions for variables (passwords)

908837 - RHEL version not supported. RHEL >6.4 required is not true. True is RHEL >= 6.4 is required.

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