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Red Hat: RHSA-2018-1268-01 Important Update for GlusterFS Security Issue

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2018
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Security alert for glusterfs upgrade on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Significant security implications observed.
An update for glusterfs is now available for Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for Red Hat Storage and Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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

GlusterFS is a key building block of Red Hat Gluster Storage. It is based on a stackable user-space design and can deliver exceptional performance for diverse workloads. GlusterFS aggregates various storage servers over network interconnections into one large, parallel network file system.
Security Fix(es):
* It was found that fix for CVE-2018-1088 introduced a new vulnerability in the way 'auth.allow' is implemented in glusterfs server. An unauthenticated gluster client could mount gluster storage volumes. (CVE-2018-1112)

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Topics Covered

security advisory storage security important update unauthenticated access glusterfs

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1112 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/articles/3422521

Package List

Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.3 on RHEL-6:
Source: glusterfs-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.src.rpm
noarch: python-gluster-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.noarch.rpm
x86_64: glusterfs-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-api-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-api-devel-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-cli-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-client-xlators-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-debuginfo-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-devel-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-events-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-fuse-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-ganesha-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-geo-replication-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-libs-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-rdma-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-server-3.8.4-54.9.el6rhs.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6:
Source: glusterfs-3.8.4-54.9.el6.src.rpm
noarch: python-gluster-3.8.4-54.9.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: glusterfs-3.8.4-54.9.el6.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-api-3.8.4-54.9.el6.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-api-devel-3.8.4-54.9.el6.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-cli-3.8.4-54.9.el6.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-client-xlators-3.8.4-54.9.el6.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-debuginfo-3.8.4-54.9.el6.x86_64.rpm glusterfs-devel-3.8.4-54.9.el6.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:1268-01
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1268
Issue date: 2018-04-30

Topic

An update for glusterfs is now available for Native Client for Red HatEnterprise Linux 6 for Red Hat Storage and Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory storage security important update unauthenticated access glusterfs

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.3 on RHEL-6 - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1570891 - CVE-2018-1112 glusterfs: auth.allow allows unauthenticated clients to mount gluster volumes (CVE-2018-1088 regression)

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