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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHSA-2015:2504-01 Moderate Data Leak

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Calendar Grey November 23, 2015
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Newly released libreport software packages mitigate a serious information exposure vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; this patch is classified as Moderate.
Updated libreport packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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

libreport provides an API for reporting different problems in applications to different bug targets, such as Bugzilla, FTP, and Trac. ABRT (Automatic Bug Reporting Tool) uses libreport.
It was found that ABRT may have exposed unintended information to Red Hat Bugzilla during crash reporting. A bug in the libreport library caused changes made by a user in files included in a crash report to be discarded. As a result, Red Hat Bugzilla attachments may contain data that was not intended to be made public, including host names, IP addresses, or command line options. (CVE-2015-5302)
This flaw did not affect default installations of ABRT on Red Hat Enterprise Linux as they do not post data to Red Hat Bugzilla. This feature can however be enabled, potentially impacting modified ABRT instances.
As a precaution, Red Hat has identified bugs filed by such non-default Red Hat Enterprise Linux users of ABRT and marked them private.
This issue was discovered by Bastien Nocera of Red Hat.
All users of libreport are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which corrects this issue.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat moderate impact data leak libreport

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5302 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: libreport-2.0.9-25.el6_7.src.rpm
i386: libreport-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-cli-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-compat-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-debuginfo-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-filesystem-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-gtk-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-newt-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-plugin-logger-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-plugin-mailx-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-plugin-reportuploader-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-plugin-rhtsupport-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-plugin-ureport-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-python-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: libreport-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-2.0.9-25.el6_7.x86_64.rpm libreport-cli-2.0.9-25.el6_7.x86_64.rpm libreport-compat-2.0.9-25.el6_7.x86_64.rpm libreport-debuginfo-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-debuginfo-2.0.9-25.el6_7.x86_64.rpm libreport-filesystem-2.0.9-25.el6_7.x86_64.rpm libreport-gtk-2.0.9-25.el6_7.i686.rpm libreport-gtk-2.0.9-25.el6_7.x86_64.rpm libreport-newt-2.0.9-25.el6_7.x86_64.rpm libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.9-25.el6_7.x86_64.rpm libreport-plugin-logger-2.0.9-25.el6_7.x86_64.rpm libreport-plugin-mailx-2.0.9-25.el6_7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:2504-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2504.html
Issue date: 2015-11-23

Topic

Updated libreport packages that fix one security issue are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat moderate impact data leak libreport

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1270903 - CVE-2015-5302 libreport: Possible private data leak in Bugzilla bugs opened by ABRT

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