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Red Hat: RHSA-2015-0832-01 Important: OpenStack Packstack Security Issue

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Calendar Grey April 16, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical vulnerability patch released for openstack-packstack and openstack-puppet-modules on Red Hat to mitigate a significant security risk.
Updated openstack-packstack and openstack-puppet-modules packages that fix one security issue and adds one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Plat...

Solution

Before applying this update, ensure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 for RHEL 6 runs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6.

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Release Notes (see References section) contain the following: * An explanation of the way in which the provided components interact to form a working cloud computing environment. * Technology Previews, Recommended Practices, and Known Issues. * The channels required for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 for RHEL 6, including which channels need to be enabled and disabled.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

PackStack is a command-line utility for deploying OpenStack on existing servers over an SSH connection. Deployment options are provided either interactively, using the command line, or non-interactively by means of a text file containing a set of preconfigured values for OpenStack parameters. PackStack is suitable for deploying proof-of-concept installations.
It was discovered that the puppet manifests, as provided with the openstack-puppet-modules package, would configure the pcsd daemon with a known default password. If this password was not changed and an attacker was able to gain access to pcsd, they could potentially run shell commands as root. (CVE-2015-1842)
This issue was discovered by Alessandro Vozza of Red Hat.
This update also adds the following enhancement:
* If OpenStack Networking (neutron) is enabled, Packstack now displays a warning if the Network Manager service is active on hosts. (BZ#1117115)
All openstack-packstack and openstack-puppet-modules users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues and add this enhancement.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat configuration issue Important openstack-packstack openstack-puppet-modules pacsd daemon

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1842 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 6:
Source: openstack-packstack-2014.1.1-0.46.dev1280.el6ost.src.rpm openstack-puppet-modules-2014.1.2-1.el6ost.src.rpm
noarch: openstack-packstack-2014.1.1-0.46.dev1280.el6ost.noarch.rpm openstack-packstack-doc-2014.1.1-0.46.dev1280.el6ost.noarch.rpm openstack-packstack-puppet-2014.1.1-0.46.dev1280.el6ost.noarch.rpm openstack-puppet-modules-2014.1.2-1.el6ost.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-2015:0832-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0832.html
Issue date: 2015-04-16

Topic

Updated openstack-packstack and openstack-puppet-modules packages that fixone security issue and adds one enhancement are now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.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 Red Hat configuration issue Important openstack-packstack openstack-puppet-modules pacsd daemon

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 6 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1130589 - packstack should warn installing openstack while NM is active

1201875 - CVE-2015-1842 openstack-puppet-modules: pacemaker configured with default password

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