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Red Hat: RHSA-2014:2000-01 Important: Thermostat Local Access Flaw

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Calendar Grey December 16, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Revised packages for thermostat1-thermostat tackle critical vulnerabilities for Red Hat customers.
Updated thermostat1-thermostat packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Software Collections 1

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

Thermostat is a monitoring and instrumentation tool for the OpenJDK HotSpot Java Virtual Machine (JVM) with support for monitoring multiple JVM instances.
It was discovered that, in certain configurations, the Thermostat agent disclosed JMX management URLs of all local Java virtual machines to any local user. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2014-8120)
This issue was discovered by Elliott Baron of Red Hat.
All thermostat1-thermostat users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory important impact local access issue Red Hat Software Collections thermostat agent Java JVM

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8120 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: thermostat1-thermostat-1.0.4-60.6.el6.src.rpm
noarch: thermostat1-thermostat-javadoc-1.0.4-60.6.el6.noarch.rpm thermostat1-thermostat-webapp-1.0.4-60.6.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: thermostat1-thermostat-1.0.4-60.6.el6.x86_64.rpm thermostat1-thermostat-debuginfo-1.0.4-60.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4):
Source: thermostat1-thermostat-1.0.4-60.6.el6.src.rpm
noarch: thermostat1-thermostat-javadoc-1.0.4-60.6.el6.noarch.rpm thermostat1-thermostat-webapp-1.0.4-60.6.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: thermostat1-thermostat-1.0.4-60.6.el6.x86_64.rpm thermostat1-thermostat-debuginfo-1.0.4-60.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5):
Source: thermostat1-thermostat-1.0.4-60.6.el6.src.rpm
noarch: thermostat1-thermostat-javadoc-1.0.4-60.6.el6.noarch.rpm thermostat1-thermostat-webapp-1.0.4-60.6.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: thermostat1-thermostat-1.0.4-60.6.el6.x86_64.rpm thermostat1-thermostat-debuginfo-1.0.4-60.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6):
Source: thermostat1-thermostat-1.0.4-60.6.el6.src.rpm
noarch: thermostat1-thermostat-javadoc-1.0.4-60.6.el6.noarch.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:2000-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:2000.html
Issue date: 2014-12-16

Topic

Updated thermostat1-thermostat packages that fix one security issue are nowavailable for Red Hat Software Collections 1.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 important impact local access issue Red Hat Software Collections thermostat agent Java JVM

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1168977 - CVE-2014-8120 thermostat: local JMX URL disclosure

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