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Red Hat: RHSA-2015:2684-01 Moderate: OpenStack Compute Network Issue

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Calendar Grey December 21, 2015
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Small refresh for OpenStack Networking addressing vulnerabilities, improving features for CentOS OpenStack Environment.
Updated OpenStack Compute packages that resolve one security issue and a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 7

Solution

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 runs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2.

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 Release Notes 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, including which channels need to be enabled and disabled.

The Release Notes are available at: https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux _OpenStack_Platform/5/html/Release_Notes/index.html

This update is available through 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

OpenStack Compute (nova) launches and schedules large networks of virtual machines, creating a redundant and scalable cloud computing platform. Compute provides the software, control panels, and APIs required to orchestrate a cloud, including running virtual machine instances and controlling access through users and projects.
A vulnerability was discovered in the way OpenStack Compute (nova) networking handled security group updates; changes were not applied to already running VM instances. A remote attacker could use this flaw to access running VM instances. (CVE-2015-7713)
Additional bug fixes include:
* In some cases, Compute did not start instances when RHEL was installed with a locale other than en_US. The update ensures that logging an exception no longer causes Unicode issues. (BZ#1190837)
All openstack-nova users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues and add these enhancements.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity update package network issue cloud platform OpenStack Compute

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7713 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 7:
Source: openstack-nova-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.src.rpm
noarch: openstack-nova-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-api-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-cells-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-cert-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-common-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-compute-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-conductor-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-console-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-doc-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-network-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-novncproxy-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-objectstore-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-scheduler-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm openstack-nova-serialproxy-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.noarch.rpm python-nova-2014.1.5-9.el7ost.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


Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:2684-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2684.html
Issue date: 2015-12-21

Topic

Updated OpenStack Compute packages that resolve one security issueand a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStackPlatform 5.0 for RHEL 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity update package network issue cloud platform OpenStack Compute

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 7 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1190837 - Nova may not start instances when OS is installed with locale not en_US

1269119 - CVE-2015-7713 openstack-nova: network security group changes are not applied to running instances

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