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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: Red Hat Enterprise MRG Grid 2.0 security, bug fix and enhancement update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1249-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG for RHEL-5
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1249.html
Issue date: 2011-09-07
CVE Names: CVE-2011-2925
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1. Summary:
Updated Grid component packages that fix one security issue, multiple bugs,
and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG
2.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 5 Server v.2 - i386, noarch, x86_64
MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server v.2 - i386, noarch, x86_64
MRG Management for RHEL 5 Server v.2 - noarch
3. Description:
Red Hat Enterprise MRG (Messaging, Realtime, and Grid) is a next-generation
IT infrastructure for enterprise computing. MRG offers increased
performance, reliability, interoperability, and faster computing for
enterprise customers.
MRG Grid provides high-throughput computing and enables enterprises to
achieve higher peak computing capacity as well as improved infrastructure
utilization by leveraging their existing technology to build high
performance grids. MRG Grid provides a job-queueing mechanism, scheduling
policy, and a priority scheme, as well as resource monitoring and resource
management. Users submit their jobs to MRG Grid, where they are placed into
a queue. MRG Grid then chooses when and where to run the jobs based upon a
policy, carefully monitors their progress, and ultimately informs the user
upon completion.
A flaw was discovered in Cumin where it would log broker authentication
credentials to the Cumin log file. A local user exploiting this flaw could
connect to the broker outside of Cumin's control and perform certain
operations such as scheduling jobs, setting attributes on jobs, as well as
holding, releasing or removing jobs. The user could also use this to,
depending on the defined ACLs of the broker, manipulate message queues and
other privileged operations. (CVE-2011-2925)
In addition, these updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 provide
numerous bug fixes and enhancements for the Grid component of MRG. Some of
the most important enhancements include:
* Expanded support of EC2 features, including EBS and VPC.
* Improved negotiation performance.
* Reduced shadow memory usage.
* Integrated configuration and management experience, including real-time
monitoring, diagnostics, and configuration templates.
Release Notes:
* When MRG Grid ran on a node with multiple network interfaces, it tried to
estimate the correct interface for its communications with the remaining
MRG Grid nodes. As a consequence, the node could have failed to communicate
with other parts of MRG Grid correctly if the wrong interface had been
chosen. As a workaround to this issue, MRG Grid can be forced to use a
specific network interface by setting the NETWORK_INTERFACE parameter to
the IP address of that interface. To determine which interface was used by
MRG Grid when it fails to communicate with other parts of the grid, include
the D_HOSTNAME variable in the logging configuration of the corresponding
daemon. (BZ#728285)
* The remote configuration database requires an update to include changes
for MRG Grid version 2.0.1. But the database snapshot provided with MRG
only contains a basic configuration, and thus loading the database snapshot
would replace the existing pool configuration. To solve this issue, the
upgrade-wallaby-db tool which upgrades an existing deployment's database
has to be used. This tool can be downloaded from the following page:
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-58404
* With this update, the Elastic Compute Cloud Grid ASCII Helper Protocol
(EC2 GAHP) is preferred over AMAZON GAHP. The condor-ec2-enhanced-hooks
package has been updated to detect the correct GAHP for the EC2 Enhanced
feature based upon what GAHPs are available on the scheduler. To ensure
that jobs are routed to the proper resources, the 'set_gridresource =
"amazon"; ' setting should be removed from all existing EC2 Enhanced
routes in a MRG Grid's configuration. (BZ#688717)
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Refer to
the Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.0 Technical Notes document for information on
these changes:
https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_MRG/2.0/html/Technica
l_Notes/index.html
All users of the Grid capabilities of Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.0 are
advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve the issues and
add the enhancements noted in the Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.0 Technical
Notes.
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/kb/docs/DOC-11259
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
631804 - condor_router_history not handled exception when bad option is passed
632109 - [RFE] list FQNDs in wallaby-inventory
637963 - RFE: Quota hierarchy to support mixed dynamic and static group quotas
652772 - SEC_* param cleanup in base-db
659247 - Delete queue dialog loop
673273 - cumin does not shut down during preuninstall
674598 - cumin cannot handle leading spaces in variable name
681648 - RFE: Update low-latency packaging to provide configuration file
681650 - RFE: Update ec2-enhanced packaging to drop config file
681651 - RFE: Update ec2-enhanced-hooks to drop config file
682447 - The text that indicates when the page was last updated doesn't show when the page update fails
696697 - Don't allow negative limit value to be set [RFE]
697016 - Add a mechanism to reset limits to unlimited [RFE]
697093 - Change y-axis labels on png flash charts to use units of 'M" for values >= 1 million
699413 - Cumin interaction with multiple hierarchical collectors
699643 - "condor reuse slot" users are on log-on screen
700540 - RFE: Human readable Up-time
700545 - AviaryScheduler feature missing dep on Scheduler
700595 - Unable to install wallaby w/o condor
700774 - [RFE] aviary doesn't insert default values into job classads
700863 - condor_configure_pool loses param settings if --schedd or --qmfbroker is used
701337 - Add UPDATE_INTERVAL to base-db
701966 - ccs incorrectly prompts for default values for params not to be added to the db & prints confusing error messages
702440 - Generate synthetic agent deletes in cumin based on heartbeats and agent list [RFE]
703196 - Unable to set non-numeric Args for job
703279 - Cumin does not return to beginning of page list when a search filter is applied
703283 - Job statistics overview under Grid User is not filtered for that user
703630 - Move fullpage chart link closer to graph [RFE]
703860 - Default sort order of columns with numerical values should be descending
703905 - wrong reject "group quota exceeded"
704490 - Condor platform Unknown
704597 - condor_configd hits "CRITICAL: Unable to get node information object" stops updating
704653 - Misleading/wrong error message on cumin service start by unprivileged user.
705437 - schedd crash on Windows due to bug in timed_queue<>
706108 - [RFE] wallaby Master feature
706977 - HGQ sanity check on recursive allocation is checking wrong variable
707078 - obsolete (and uninitialized) variable ignore_schedd_limit is being used in place of ignore_submitter_limit
707081 - groups are not sorted in starvation order
707335 - Negotiator crashes with hierarchical group quotas after reconfig
707576 - cumin doesn't redirect after the session times out
707584 - The Inventory page has checkboxes that do not serve a purpose
707770 - Dedicated scheduler releases half of claims
708944 - hold/release removes job from queue
709713 - [RFE] Add support for EBS storage
710215 - [RFE] set WantAWS = False in EC2 hooks
712529 - condor_router_* scripts incorrect in 7_6 series
712972 - negotiating groups with no submitters
712973 - negotiator overwhelmed with rejForSubmitterLimit rejections
712974 - [RFE]Limits table: Make the value the hyperlinked value rather than the name
712975 - enable additional GROUP_DYNAMIC_MACH_CONSTRAINT behavior
712987 - sort on most starved in negotiateWithGroup
713511 - Always run POST script, even if PRE script fails
715956 - Edit attributes page should not use update-interval
715973 - Multitude of "Edit Ad: OK" messages
716466 - RFE: Add ec2 support for vpc address
716519 - RFE: earlier spin halting when zero pie left
718265 - low-latency not expiring work
719019 - Startd RANK will only preempt if user priorities allow it
719050 - RFE: Allow condor_configure_store to edit groups
720374 - Files "condor_router_history", "condor_router_rm" and "condor_router_q" are not valid executable files for Windows
720507 - Schedd crash while asynchronously negotiating or claiming
723613 - Changing type of job attribute from int/float to another type causes Edit Attributes task to hang after submit
723971 - Daemons using read_condor_config crashes when <subsys>_LOG is not specified
725826 - Force terminate-on-shutdown (instead of stop) for EC2 AMIs
731574 - CVE-2011-2925 cumin: broker username/password appears in the log file
6. Package List:
MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server v.2:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-7.6.3-0.3.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-ec2-enhanced-1.2-2.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-ec2-enhanced-hooks-1.2-3.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-job-hooks-1.5-4.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-low-latency-1.2-2.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-wallaby-4.1-4.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-wallaby-base-db-1.14-1.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/ruby-rhubarb-0.4.0-1.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/wallaby-0.10.5-6.el5.src.rpm
i386:
condor-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
condor-aviary-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
condor-classads-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
condor-debuginfo-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
condor-kbdd-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
condor-qmf-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
condor-vm-gahp-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
noarch:
condor-ec2-enhanced-1.2-2.el5.noarch.rpm
condor-ec2-enhanced-hooks-1.2-3.el5.noarch.rpm
condor-job-hooks-1.5-4.el5.noarch.rpm
condor-low-latency-1.2-2.el5.noarch.rpm
condor-wallaby-base-db-1.14-1.el5.noarch.rpm
condor-wallaby-client-4.1-4.el5.noarch.rpm
condor-wallaby-tools-4.1-4.el5.noarch.rpm
python-condorec2e-1.2-3.el5.noarch.rpm
python-condorutils-1.5-4.el5.noarch.rpm
python-wallabyclient-4.1-4.el5.noarch.rpm
ruby-rhubarb-0.4.0-1.el5.noarch.rpm
ruby-wallaby-0.10.5-6.el5.noarch.rpm
wallaby-0.10.5-6.el5.noarch.rpm
wallaby-utils-0.10.5-6.el5.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
condor-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
condor-aviary-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
condor-classads-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
condor-debuginfo-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
condor-kbdd-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
condor-qmf-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
condor-vm-gahp-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 5 Server v.2:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-7.6.3-0.3.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-ec2-enhanced-1.2-2.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-ec2-enhanced-hooks-1.2-3.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-job-hooks-1.5-4.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-low-latency-1.2-2.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-wallaby-4.1-4.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/condor-wallaby-base-db-1.14-1.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/ruby-rhubarb-0.4.0-1.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/wallaby-0.10.5-6.el5.src.rpm
i386:
condor-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
condor-classads-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
condor-debuginfo-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
condor-kbdd-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
condor-qmf-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
condor-vm-gahp-7.6.3-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
noarch:
condor-ec2-enhanced-1.2-2.el5.noarch.rpm
condor-job-hooks-1.5-4.el5.noarch.rpm
condor-low-latency-1.2-2.el5.noarch.rpm
condor-wallaby-base-db-1.14-1.el5.noarch.rpm
condor-wallaby-client-4.1-4.el5.noarch.rpm
condor-wallaby-tools-4.1-4.el5.noarch.rpm
python-condorec2e-1.2-3.el5.noarch.rpm
python-condorutils-1.5-4.el5.noarch.rpm
python-wallabyclient-4.1-4.el5.noarch.rpm
ruby-rhubarb-0.4.0-1.el5.noarch.rpm
ruby-wallaby-0.10.5-6.el5.noarch.rpm
wallaby-utils-0.10.5-6.el5.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
condor-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
condor-classads-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
condor-debuginfo-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
condor-kbdd-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
condor-qmf-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
condor-vm-gahp-7.6.3-0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
MRG Management for RHEL 5 Server v.2:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHEMRG/SRPMS/cumin-0.1.4916-1.el5.src.rpm
noarch:
cumin-0.1.4916-1.el5.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/#package
7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-2925.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_MRG/2.0/html/Technical_Notes/index.html
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-58404
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
