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Red Hat OpenStack 5.0 RHSA-2015:0841-01 Important Plugin Issue

An updated redhat-access-plugin-openstack package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. [More...]. ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: redhat-access-plugin security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0841-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0841.html Issue date: 2015-04-16 CVE Names: CVE-2015-0271 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An updated redhat-access-plugin-openstack package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important 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. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 6 - noarch 3. Description: The Red Hat Support plug-in for Red Hat OpenStack is a Technology Preview feature which offers seamless integrated access to Red Hat subscription services from the Red Hat OpenStack administration portal. The plug-in provides automated functionality that enables quicker help, answers, and proactive services. It offers easy and instant access to Red Hat exclusive knowledge, resources, engagement, and diagnostic features. It was found that the local log-viewing function of the redhat-access-plugin for OpenStack Dashboard (horizon) did not sanitize user input. An authenticated user could use this flaw to read an arbitrary file with the permissions of the web server. (CVE-2015-0271) Red Hat would like to thank Sara Perez Merino of SensePost for reporting this issue. Allredhat-access-plugin-openstack users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. 4. 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 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1193638 - CVE-2015-0271 OpenStack dashboard: log file arbitrary file retrieval 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 6: Source: redhat-access-plugin-openstack-5.0.1-0.el6ost.src.rpm noarch: redhat-access-plugin-openstack-5.0.1-0.el6ost.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 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0271 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc. . Red Hat issued a critical security patch for the redhat-access-plugin targeting CVE-2015-0271. It's advisable to upgrade.. Redhat Access Plugin, OpenStack Security, Red Hat Fix. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 16, 2015 •Important Red Hat