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Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-0831-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-0831-01
Posted Apr 17, 2015
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Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-0831-01 - PackStack is a command-line utility for deploying OpenStack on existing servers over an SSH connection. Deployment options are provided either interactively, using the command line, or non-interactively by means of a text file containing a set of preconfigured values for OpenStack parameters. PackStack is suitable for deploying proof-of-concept installations. It was discovered that the puppet manifests, as provided with the openstack-puppet-modules package, would configure the pcsd daemon with a known default password. If this password was not changed and an attacker was able to gain access to pcsd, they could potentially run shell commands as root.

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Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-0831-01

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: openstack-packstack and openstack-puppet-modules update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0831-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0831.html
Issue date: 2015-04-16
CVE Names: CVE-2015-1842
=====================================================================

1. Summary:

Updated openstack-packstack and openstack-puppet-modules packages that fix
one security issue and adds one enhancement are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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 7 - noarch

3. Description:

PackStack is a command-line utility for deploying OpenStack on existing
servers over an SSH connection. Deployment options are provided either
interactively, using the command line, or non-interactively by means of a
text file containing a set of preconfigured values for OpenStack
parameters. PackStack is suitable for deploying proof-of-concept
installations.

It was discovered that the puppet manifests, as provided with the
openstack-puppet-modules package, would configure the pcsd daemon with a
known default password. If this password was not changed and an attacker
was able to gain access to pcsd, they could potentially run shell
commands as root. (CVE-2015-1842)

This issue was discovered by Alessandro Vozza of Red Hat.

This update also adds the following enhancement:

* If OpenStack Networking (neutron) is enabled, Packstack now displays a
warning if the Network Manager service is active on hosts. (BZ#1117115)

All openstack-packstack and openstack-puppet-modules users are advised to
upgrade to these updated packages, which corrects this issue and adds
this enhancement.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, ensure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 for RHEL 7 runs on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.1.

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 for RHEL 7 Release
Notes (see References section) contain the following:
* An explanation of the way in which the provided components interact to
form a working cloud computing environment.
* Technology Previews, Recommended Practices, and Known Issues.
* The channels required for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5
for RHEL 7, including which channels need to be enabled and disabled.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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

1066019 - Packstack parameter CONFIG_NEUTRON_L2_PLUGIN lacking usage examples in documentation
1117115 - packstack should warn installing openstack while NM is active
1120397 - [RFE]Disable file injection when using RBD as compute ephemeral storage
1141125 - swiftloopback vs swift_loopback in packstack python/puppet
1141615 - Keystone puppet module should set up PKI when UUID tokens are used
1147823 - Packstack SSL deployment, failed to start openstack-nova-compute returned 1
1153354 - packstack creates duplicate services/endpoints for cinder v2
1154024 - packstack: clear text password for heat
1174413 - neutron subnet-create error halts packstack installation
1201875 - CVE-2015-1842 openstack-puppet-modules: pacemaker configured with default password

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 7:

Source:
openstack-packstack-2014.1.1-0.46.dev1280.el7ost.src.rpm
openstack-puppet-modules-2014.1.2-1.el7ost.src.rpm

noarch:
openstack-packstack-2014.1.1-0.46.dev1280.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-packstack-doc-2014.1.1-0.46.dev1280.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-packstack-puppet-2014.1.1-0.46.dev1280.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-puppet-modules-2014.1.2-1.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/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1842
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/5/html/Release_Notes/index.html

8. Contact:

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

Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
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