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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2015:2151-01 Low: XFSProgs Info Leak

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The newly released xfsprogs packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux address a minor vulnerability while also introducing several improvements and resolving existing bugs.
Updated xfsprogs packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The xfsprogs packages contain a set of commands to use the XFS file system, including the mkfs.xfs command to construct an XFS system.
It was discovered that the xfs_metadump tool of the xfsprogs suite did not fully adhere to the standards of obfuscation described in its man page. In case a user with the necessary privileges used xfs_metadump and relied on the advertised obfuscation, the generated data could contain unexpected traces of potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2012-2150)
The xfsprogs packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.2.2, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. This release also includes updates present in upstream version 3.2.3, although it omits the mkfs.xfs default disk format change (for metadata checksumming) which is present upstream. (BZ#1223991)
Users of xfsprogs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix package update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity information leakage xfsprogs enhancement

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2150 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.el7.i686.rpm xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm xfsprogs-debuginfo-3.2.2-2.el7.i686.rpm xfsprogs-debuginfo-3.2.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: xfsprogs-debuginfo-3.2.2-2.el7.i686.rpm xfsprogs-debuginfo-3.2.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm xfsprogs-devel-3.2.2-2.el7.i686.rpm xfsprogs-devel-3.2.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm xfsprogs-qa-devel-3.2.2-2.el7.i686.rpm xfsprogs-qa-devel-3.2.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.el7.i686.rpm xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm xfsprogs-debuginfo-3.2.2-2.el7.i686.rpm xfsprogs-debuginfo-3.2.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: xfsprogs-debuginfo-3.2.2-2.el7.i686.rpm xfsprogs-debuginfo-3.2.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm xfsprogs-devel-3.2.2-2.el7.i686.rpm xfsprogs-devel-3.2.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm xfsprogs-qa-devel-3.2.2-2.el7.i686.rpm xfsprogs-qa-devel-3.2.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.el7.src.rpm
aarch64: xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.el7.aarch64.rpm xfsprogs-debuginfo-3.2.2-2.el7.aarch64.rpm
ppc64: xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.el7.ppc.rpm xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.el7.ppc64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:2151-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2151.html
Issue date: 2015-11-19

Topic

Updated xfsprogs packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, andadd various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low 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 bug fix package update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity information leakage xfsprogs enhancement

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

817696 - CVE-2012-2150 xfsprogs: xfs_metadump information disclosure flaw

1201238 - xfs_repair verify the last secondary superblock corruption failed

1223991 - Rebase xfsprogs to 3.2.3 (pending upstream)

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