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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 RHSA-2016:2694-01 Moderate: Systemd Update

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An update for systemd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
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Synopsis:          Moderate: systemd security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2016:2694-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2694.html
Issue date:        2016-11-09
CVE Names:         CVE-2016-7795 
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1. Summary:

An update for systemd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.2) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

The systemd packages contain systemd, a system and service manager for
Linux, compatible with the SysV and LSB init scripts. It provides
aggressive parallelism capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for
starting services, offers on-demand starting of daemons, and keeps track of
processes using Linux cgroups. In addition, it supports snapshotting and
restoring of the system state, maintains mount and automount points, and
implements an elaborate transactional dependency-based service control
logic. It can also work as a drop-in replacement for sysvinit.

Security Fix(es):

* A flaw was found in the way systemd handled empty notification messages.
A local attacker could use this flaw to make systemd freeze its execution,
preventing further management of system services, system shutdown, or
zombie process collection via systemd. (CVE-2016-7795)

Bug Fix(es):

* Previously, the udev device manager automatically enabled all memory
banks on IBM z System installations. As a consequence, hot plug memory was
enabled automatically, which was incorrect. With this update, system
architecture checks have been added to the udev rules to address the
problem. As a result, hot plug memory is no longer automatically enabled.
(BZ#1375603)

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1368374 - [rhel7.2.z] Backport memory leak bug fixes
1375603 - s390x standby memory automatically onlined after boot [rhel-7.2.z]
1380286 - CVE-2016-7795 systemd: Assertion failure when PID 1 receives a zero-length message over notify socket

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.2):

Source:
systemd-219-19.el7_2.18.src.rpm

x86_64:
libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-libs-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
systemd-libs-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-python-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-sysv-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.2):

x86_64:
libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
systemd-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-journal-gateway-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-networkd-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-resolved-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
systemd-resolved-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2):

Source:
systemd-219-19.el7_2.18.src.rpm

ppc64:
libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc.rpm
libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm
libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc.rpm
libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm
systemd-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm
systemd-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc.rpm
systemd-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm
systemd-libs-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc.rpm
systemd-libs-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm
systemd-python-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm
systemd-sysv-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64le.rpm
libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64le.rpm
systemd-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64le.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64le.rpm
systemd-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64le.rpm
systemd-libs-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64le.rpm
systemd-python-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64le.rpm
systemd-sysv-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.s390.rpm
libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.s390x.rpm
libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.s390.rpm
libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.s390x.rpm
systemd-219-19.el7_2.18.s390x.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.s390.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.s390x.rpm
systemd-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.s390.rpm
systemd-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.s390x.rpm
systemd-libs-219-19.el7_2.18.s390.rpm
systemd-libs-219-19.el7_2.18.s390x.rpm
systemd-python-219-19.el7_2.18.s390x.rpm
systemd-sysv-219-19.el7_2.18.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
systemd-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-libs-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
systemd-libs-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-python-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-sysv-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.2):

ppc64:
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm
systemd-journal-gateway-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm
systemd-networkd-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm
systemd-resolved-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc.rpm
systemd-resolved-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64le.rpm
systemd-journal-gateway-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64le.rpm
systemd-networkd-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64le.rpm
systemd-resolved-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.s390.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.s390x.rpm
systemd-journal-gateway-219-19.el7_2.18.s390x.rpm
systemd-networkd-219-19.el7_2.18.s390x.rpm
systemd-resolved-219-19.el7_2.18.s390.rpm
systemd-resolved-219-19.el7_2.18.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-journal-gateway-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-networkd-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
systemd-resolved-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
systemd-resolved-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.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

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7795
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 RHSA-2016:2694-01 Moderate: Systemd Update

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2016
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Debian issues security notice for OpenSSL patch mitigating remote exploit vulnerability with high importance.
An update for systemd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Extended Update Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

Summary

The systemd packages contain systemd, a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with the SysV and LSB init scripts. It provides aggressive parallelism capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for starting services, offers on-demand starting of daemons, and keeps track of processes using Linux cgroups. In addition, it supports snapshotting and restoring of the system state, maintains mount and automount points, and implements an elaborate transactional dependency-based service control logic. It can also work as a drop-in replacement for sysvinit.
Security Fix(es):
* A flaw was found in the way systemd handled empty notification messages. A local attacker could use this flaw to make systemd freeze its execution, preventing further management of system services, system shutdown, or zombie process collection via systemd. (CVE-2016-7795)
Bug Fix(es):
* Previously, the udev device manager automatically enabled all memory banks on IBM z System installations. As a consequence, hot plug memory was enabled automatically, which was incorrect. With this update, system architecture checks have been added to the udev rules to address the problem. As a result, hot plug memory is no longer automatically enabled. (BZ#1375603)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7795 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.2):
Source: systemd-219-19.el7_2.18.src.rpm
x86_64: libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm systemd-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm systemd-libs-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm systemd-libs-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm systemd-python-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm systemd-sysv-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.2):
x86_64: libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm systemd-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm systemd-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm systemd-journal-gateway-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm systemd-networkd-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm systemd-resolved-219-19.el7_2.18.i686.rpm systemd-resolved-219-19.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2):
Source: systemd-219-19.el7_2.18.src.rpm
ppc64: libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc.rpm libgudev1-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc.rpm libgudev1-devel-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm systemd-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc64.rpm systemd-debuginfo-219-19.el7_2.18.ppc.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:2694-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2016-11-09

Topic

An update for systemd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.2) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1368374 - [rhel7.2.z] Backport memory leak bug fixes

1375603 - s390x standby memory automatically onlined after boot [rhel-7.2.z]

1380286 - CVE-2016-7795 systemd: Assertion failure when PID 1 receives a zero-length message over notify socket

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