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Red Hat: RHSA-2014:0770-01 Critical: Foreman-Proxy Command Execution

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Calendar Grey June 19, 2014
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An important security patch for the foreman-proxy component in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform addresses a vulnerability that allows for unauthorized command execution.
An updated foreman-proxy package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 and 4.0

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/site/articles/11258

Summary

The foreman-proxy package provides a RESTful API to manage DNS, DHCP, TFTP, and Puppet settings, and can be used as part of Foreman.
A shell command injection flaw was found in the way foreman-proxy verified URLs in the TFTP module. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary shell commands on the system with the privileges of the user running foreman-proxy. (CVE-2014-0007)
This issue was discovered by Lukas Zapletal of Red Hat.
Note that for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0, Foreman was released as a Technology Preview. More information about Red Hat Technology Previews is available at https://access.redhat.com/site/support/offerings/techpreview/
All foreman-proxy users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which corrects this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat critical command execution OpenStack foreman-proxy

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0007 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0:
Source: ruby193-foreman-proxy-1.1.10001-7.el6ost.src.rpm
noarch: ruby193-foreman-proxy-1.1.10001-7.el6ost.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0:
Source: foreman-proxy-1.3.0-5.el6sat.src.rpm
noarch: foreman-proxy-1.3.0-5.el6sat.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/#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0770-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0770.html
Issue date: 2014-06-19

Topic

An updated foreman-proxy package that fixes one security issue is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 and 4.0.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Criticalsecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat critical command execution OpenStack foreman-proxy

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1105369 - CVE-2014-0007 foreman-proxy: smart-proxy remote command injection

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