RedHat: RHSA-2019-2433:01 Moderate: cockpit-ovirt security, bug fix,
Summary
Cockpit is a Linux system adminstration tool with a web UI, easy setup, and
minimal system footprint at runtime. When installed on hosts in Red Hat
Virtualization, it provides monitoring and management functions beyond
those available in the Administration Portal. Cockpit is installed by
default on Red Hat Virtualization Host (RHVH).
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
cockpit-ovirt (0.13.5). (BZ#1705911, BZ#1711192, BZ#1719317, BZ#1723322)
Security Fix(es):
* cockpit-ovirt: admin and appliance passwords saved in plain text variable
file during HE deployment (CVE-2019-10139)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
* In this release, the directory /var/lib/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/cockpit
is created with read permissions only for user 'root'. Non 'root' userscannot view this directory. (BZ#1723322)
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10139 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts:
Source:
cockpit-ovirt-0.13.5-1.el7ev.src.rpm
noarch:
cockpit-ovirt-dashboard-0.13.5-1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements):
Source:
cockpit-ovirt-0.13.5-1.el7ev.src.rpm
noarch:
cockpit-ovirt-dashboard-0.13.5-1.el7ev.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/
Topic
An update for cockpit-ovirt is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements) - noarch
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts - noarch
Bugs Fixed
1705911 - Update branding with new Red Hat logo
1709829 - CVE-2019-10139 cockpit-ovirt: admin and appliance passwords saved in plain text variable file during HE deployment
1709938 - HE deployment fail with 'Not enough memory' when given the engine vm the maximum memory
1719317 - Upgrade cockpit-ovirt to 0.13.3
1719327 - Passwords saved in clear-text variable files during HE deployment via cockpit-ovirt
1723322 - [downstream clone - 4.3.5] hosted-engine-setup cockpit working directory is world-readable
