what you don't know can hurt you
Home Files News &[SERVICES_TAB]About Contact Add New

Red Hat Security Advisory 2014-1782-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2014-1782-01
Posted Nov 3, 2014
Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2014-1782-01 - OpenStack Compute launches and schedules large networks of virtual machines, creating a redundant and scalable cloud computing platform. Compute provides the software, control panels, and APIs required to orchestrate a cloud, including running virtual machine instances, managing networks, and controlling access through users and projects. A race condition flaw was found in the way the nova VMware driver handled VNC port allocation. An authenticated user could use this flaw to gain unauthorized console access to instances belonging to other tenants by repeatedly spawning new instances. Note that only nova setups using the VMware driver and the VNC proxy service were affected.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, redhat
advisories | CVE-2014-3608, CVE-2014-8750
SHA-256 | 6064751b84aea36555f6abebd1a6883784c53a9621627e8dd171e006ca924677

Red Hat Security Advisory 2014-1782-01

Change Mirror Download
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

=====================================================================
Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: openstack-nova security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1782-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1782.html
Issue date: 2014-11-03
CVE Names: CVE-2014-3608 CVE-2014-8750
=====================================================================

1. Summary:

Updated openstack-nova packages that fix two security issues, multiple
bugs, and add enhancements 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. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give
detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the
CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 7 - noarch

3. Description:

OpenStack Compute (nova) launches and schedules large networks of virtual
machines, creating a redundant and scalable cloud computing platform.
Compute provides the software, control panels, and APIs required to
orchestrate a cloud, including running virtual machine instances, managing
networks, and controlling access through users and projects.

A race condition flaw was found in the way the nova VMware driver handled
VNC port allocation. An authenticated user could use this flaw to gain
unauthorized console access to instances belonging to other tenants by
repeatedly spawning new instances. Note that only nova setups using the
VMware driver and the VNC proxy service were affected. (CVE-2014-8750)

CVE-2014-2573, the fix for which was provided with the initial release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7, describes a flaw in the nova VMware driver. An authenticated user
could exceed their quota by placing an image into rescue and then deleting
it, causing the rescue image to be left behind.

It was found that the fix for CVE-2014-2573 was incomplete. A virtual
machine could be forced into the ERROR state from rescue by issuing a
suspend command. Virtual machines deleted from the ERROR state would still
leave the rescue image behind, allowing a user to exceed their quota. Note
that only setups using the nova VMware driver were affected.
(CVE-2014-3608)

The CVE-2014-3608 issue was discovered by Garth Mollett of Red Hat Product
Security.

The openstack-nova packages have been upgraded to upstream version
2014.1.3, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the
previous version. (BZ#1149737)

This update also fixes the following bug:

* Previously, unhandled database deadlock conditions triggered with some
database configuration edge cases. "Deadlock found when trying to get lock;
try restarting transaction" messages may have been logged, and database
transactions may have been lost. With this update, actions are retried on
deadlock conditions, resulting in robust database communication.
(BZ#1141972)

All openstack-nova users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which correct these issues and add these enhancements.

4. Solution:

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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

1141972 - nova conductor's log is full of deadlock errors
1148253 - CVE-2014-3608 openstack-nova: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2573, Nova VMware driver still leaks rescued images
1149737 - Rebase openstack-nova to 2014.1.3
1152346 - CVE-2014-8750 openstack-nova: Nova VMware driver may connect VNC to another tenant's console

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 7:

Source:
openstack-nova-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.src.rpm

noarch:
openstack-nova-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-nova-api-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-nova-cells-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-nova-cert-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-nova-common-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-nova-compute-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-nova-conductor-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-nova-console-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-nova-doc-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-nova-network-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-nova-novncproxy-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-nova-objectstore-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
openstack-nova-scheduler-2014.1.3-4.el7ost.noarch.rpm
python-nova-2014.1.3-4.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-2014-3608
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8750
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

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

Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1

iD8DBQFUV0STXlSAg2UNWIIRAiI5AJ0VE+MDBFDHWAuaran/y24cV4pyDACdHYRV
uRiLEA1ObCJThGqxBQ144Gk=
=9Pby
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


--
RHSA-announce mailing list
RHSA-announce@redhat.com
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce
Login or Register to add favorites

File Archive:

April 2024

  • Su
  • Mo
  • Tu
  • We
  • Th
  • Fr
  • Sa
  • 1
    Apr 1st
    10 Files
  • 2
    Apr 2nd
    26 Files
  • 3
    Apr 3rd
    40 Files
  • 4
    Apr 4th
    6 Files
  • 5
    Apr 5th
    26 Files
  • 6
    Apr 6th
    0 Files
  • 7
    Apr 7th
    0 Files
  • 8
    Apr 8th
    22 Files
  • 9
    Apr 9th
    14 Files
  • 10
    Apr 10th
    10 Files
  • 11
    Apr 11th
    13 Files
  • 12
    Apr 12th
    14 Files
  • 13
    Apr 13th
    0 Files
  • 14
    Apr 14th
    0 Files
  • 15
    Apr 15th
    30 Files
  • 16
    Apr 16th
    10 Files
  • 17
    Apr 17th
    22 Files
  • 18
    Apr 18th
    45 Files
  • 19
    Apr 19th
    8 Files
  • 20
    Apr 20th
    0 Files
  • 21
    Apr 21st
    0 Files
  • 22
    Apr 22nd
    11 Files
  • 23
    Apr 23rd
    68 Files
  • 24
    Apr 24th
    0 Files
  • 25
    Apr 25th
    0 Files
  • 26
    Apr 26th
    0 Files
  • 27
    Apr 27th
    0 Files
  • 28
    Apr 28th
    0 Files
  • 29
    Apr 29th
    0 Files
  • 30
    Apr 30th
    0 Files

Top Authors In Last 30 Days

File Tags

Systems

packet storm

© 2022 Packet Storm. All rights reserved.

Services
Security Services
Hosting By
Rokasec
close