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Posted on 08 December 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2.4 (puppet) security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8846-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8846
Issue date: 2022-12-07
CVE Names: CVE-2021-27025
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1. Summary:
An update for puppet is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2.4
(Train).
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a
detailed severity rating,
is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References
section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 - noarch
3. Description:
Puppet lets you centrally manage every important aspect of your system
using a
cross-platform specification language that manages all the separate
elements
normally aggregated in different files, like users, cron jobs, and hosts,
along with obviously discrete elements like packages, services, and files.
Provides the central puppet server daemon which provides manifests to
clients.
The server can also function as a certificate authority and file server.
This puppet headless subpackage may be used when there is no need to
have puppet agent running as a service, for example, in a container
image.
Security fix(es):
puppet: silent configuration failure in agent: (CVE-2021-27025)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments,
and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the
References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2023853 - CVE-2021-27025 puppet: silent configuration failure in agent
6. Package List:
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2:
Source:
puppet-5.5.10-14.el8ost.src.rpm
noarch:
puppet-5.5.10-14.el8ost.noarch.rpm
puppet-headless-5.5.10-14.el8ost.noarch.rpm
puppet-server-5.5.10-14.el8ost.noarch.rpm
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2:
Source:
puppet-5.5.10-14.el8ost.src.rpm
noarch:
puppet-5.5.10-14.el8ost.noarch.rpm
puppet-headless-5.5.10-14.el8ost.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-2021-27025
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
