Issued:
2015-08-20
Updated:
2015-08-20

RHSA-2015:1650 - Important: openshift security update

Synopsis

Important: openshift security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Updated openshift packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0.

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

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise is a cloud computing Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments.

An improper permission check issue was discovered in the server admission control component in OpenShift. A user with build permissions could use this flaw to execute arbitrary shell commands on a build pod with the privileges of the root user. (CVE-2015-5222)

This issue was discovered by Cesar Wong of the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Team.

All OpenShift Enterprise users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct 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 OpenShift Container Platform3.0.0.0x86_64

Updated Packages

  • openshift-3.0.1.0-1.git.527.f8d5fed.el7ose.x86_64.rpm
  • tuned-profiles-openshift-node-3.0.1.0-1.git.527.f8d5fed.el7ose.x86_64.rpm
  • openshift-clients-3.0.1.0-1.git.527.f8d5fed.el7ose.x86_64.rpm
  • openshift-3.0.1.0-1.git.527.f8d5fed.el7ose.src.rpm
  • openshift-node-3.0.1.0-1.git.527.f8d5fed.el7ose.x86_64.rpm
  • openshift-sdn-ovs-3.0.1.0-1.git.527.f8d5fed.el7ose.x86_64.rpm
  • openshift-master-3.0.1.0-1.git.527.f8d5fed.el7ose.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

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References

Additional information