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Red Hat OpenStack 6.0 RHSA-2015-2685-01 Important: Remote Exec

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Calendar Grey December 21, 2015
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Newly released openstack-ironic-discoverd updates for Red Hat OpenStack 6.0 tackle a critical security vulnerability.
Updated openstack-ironic-discoverd packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0

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

OpenStack Bare Metal (ironic) is a tool used to provision bare metal (as opposed to virtual) machines. It leverages common technologies such as PXE boot and IPMI to cover a wide range of hardware. It also supports pluggable drivers to allow added, vendor-specific functionality.
It was discovered that enabling debug mode in openstack-ironic-discoverd also enabled debug mode in the underlying Flask framework. If errors were encountered while Flask was in debug mode, a user experiencing an error might be able to access the debug console (effectively, a command shell). (CVE-2015-5306)
Please note that this package is a Technology Preview and should not be used in production.
All openstack-ironic-discoverd users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory important red hat enterprise remote exec flask openstack-ironic-discoverd debug mode

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5306 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 for RHEL 7:
Source: openstack-ironic-discoverd-0.2.5-2.el7ost.src.rpm
noarch: openstack-ironic-discoverd-0.2.5-2.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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:2685-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2685.html
Issue date: 2015-12-21

Topic

Updated openstack-ironic-discoverd packages that fix one security issue arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0.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 red hat enterprise remote exec flask openstack-ironic-discoverd debug mode

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 for RHEL 7 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1273698 - CVE-2015-5306 openstack-ironic-discoverd: potential remote code execution with debug mode enabled

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