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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: openstack-packstack security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0233-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0233.html
Issue date: 2014-03-04
CVE Names: CVE-2014-0071
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1. Summary:
Updated openstack-packstack packages that fix one security issue and
multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack
Platform 4.0.
The Red Hat Security Response Team 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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
OpenStack 4 - noarch
3. Description:
PackStack is a command-line utility that uses Puppet modules to support
rapid deployment of OpenStack on existing servers over an SSH connection.
PackStack is suitable for deploying both single node proof-of-concept
installations and more complex multi-node installations.
It was found that PackStack did not correctly install the rules defined in
the default security groups when deployed on OpenStack Networking
(neutron), allowing network connections to be made to systems that should
not have been accessible. (CVE-2014-0071)
This update also fixes the following bugs:
* Previously, swift's object versioning was disabled by default. With this
update, this feature is now enabled in the default configuration file
('allow_versions "true"' in /etc/swift/container-server.conf). (BZ#967308)
* Previously, it was not possible to run neutron with Open vSwitch using
Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN). This update adds support for VXLAN in
neutron. (BZ#1021778)
* PackStack failed to complete the deployment of OpenStack due to the
MongoDB service (mongod) being terminated by systemd. This was because
mongod, when first started, exceeded the timeout value set by systemd.
With this update, mongod uses small files when it is initially started, and
no longer exceeds systemd's timeout value. (BZ#1036207)
* Previously, services for OpenStack Compute and other OpenStack components
ran in debug mode by default. With this update, the CONFIG_DEBUG_MODE
configuration parameter has been added. When this parameter is set to 'y',
all OpenStack services will run in debug mode. By default, debug mode is
disabled. (BZ#1048041)
Note: Currently, PackStack does not support deployment of the ML2 Neutron
plug-in. The ML2 plug-in can be used in manual configurations, or by
deploying initially with the Open vSwitch plug-in using PackStack and
converting the installation to use ML2. This method is described at
http://openstack.redhat.com/Modular_Layer_2_%28ML2%29_Plugin. The progress
on fixing this bug can be followed in Red Hat Bugzilla bug 1017144.
All openstack-packstack users are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which correct these issues.
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/site/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
967308 - allow swift object versioning by default
1021778 - Packstack should support VXLAN
1029671 - Keystone SQL Backend does not remove expired tokens
1034538 - Packstack puppet module firewall for Quickstack: newer version needed to support resilient iptables rules
1036207 - packstack requires 2 runs to install ceilometer
1042529 - Change qpid puppet module default for max_connections to be UINT16_MAX
1048041 - openstack-packstack install defaults to debug=true in nova
1048705 - packstack fails when qpid ssl enabled
1054498 - Horizon SSL is disabled by Nagios configuration via packstack
1064163 - CVE-2014-0071 OpenStack PackStack: Neutron Security Groups fail to block network traffic
1069215 - Packstack failed to configure Neutron to work with OVS and GRE
6. Package List:
OpenStack 4:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHOS/SRPMS/openstack-packstack-2013.2.1-0.25.dev987.el6ost.src.rpm
noarch:
openstack-packstack-2013.2.1-0.25.dev987.el6ost.noarch.rpm
packstack-modules-puppet-2013.2.1-0.25.dev987.el6ost.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-2014-0071.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
