Issued:
2015-03-03
Updated:
2015-03-03

RHSA-2015:0287 - Important: foreman-proxy security update

Synopsis

Important: foreman-proxy security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Updated foreman-proxy packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Foreman.

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.

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.

It was discovered that foreman-proxy, when running in SSL-secured mode, did not correctly verify SSL client certificates. This could permit any client with access to the API to make requests and perform actions otherwise restricted. (CVE-2014-3691)

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

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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat OpenStackforemanx86_64

Updated Packages

  • foreman-proxy-1.6.0.33-2.el6ost.src.rpm
  • foreman-proxy-1.6.0.33-2.el6ost.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information