Issued:
2014-06-19
Updated:
2014-06-19

RHSA-2014:0770 - Critical: foreman-proxy security update

Synopsis

Critical: foreman-proxy security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

An updated foreman-proxy package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 and 4.0.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Critical 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.

Description

The foreman-proxy package provides a RESTful API to manage DNS, DHCP, TFTP, and Puppet settings, and can be used as part of Foreman.

A shell command injection flaw was found in the way foreman-proxy verified URLs in the TFTP module. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary shell commands on the system with the privileges of the user running foreman-proxy. (CVE-2014-0007)

This issue was discovered by Lukas Zapletal of Red Hat.

Note that for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0, Foreman was released as a Technology Preview. More information about Red Hat Technology Previews is available at https://access.redhat.com/site/support/offerings/techpreview/

All foreman-proxy users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which corrects this issue.

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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat OpenStackgrizzlyx86_64
Red Hat OpenStack4.0x86_64

Updated Packages

  • ruby193-foreman-proxy-1.1.10001-7.el6ost.noarch.rpm
  • foreman-proxy-1.3.0-5.el6sat.noarch.rpm
  • foreman-proxy-1.3.0-5.el6sat.src.rpm
  • ruby193-foreman-proxy-1.1.10001-7.el6ost.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information