[RHSA-2015:0843-01] Important: openstack-nova security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: openstack-nova security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0843-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0843.html

Issue date: 2015-04-16

CVE Names: CVE-2014-3708 CVE-2014-8333 CVE-2015-0259

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1. Summary:

 

Updated OpenStack Compute (nova) packages that fix three security issues,

several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat

Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

 

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security

impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give

detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the

CVE links in the References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 7 - noarch

 

3. Description:

 

OpenStack Compute (nova) launches and schedules large networks of virtual

machines, creating a redundant and scalable cloud computing platform.

Compute provides the software, control panels, and APIs required to

orchestrate a cloud, including running virtual machine instances and

controlling access through users and projects.

 

It was discovered that the OpenStack Compute (nova) console websocket did

not correctly verify the origin header. An attacker could use this flaw to

conduct a cross-site websocket hijack attack. Note that only Compute setups

with VNC or SPICE enabled were affected by this flaw. (CVE-2015-0259)

 

A denial of service flaw was found in the way OpenStack Compute (nova)

looked up VM instances based on an IP address filter. An attacker with

sufficient privileges on an OpenStack installation with a large amount of

VMs could use this flaw to cause the main nova process to block for an

extended amount of time. (CVE-2014-3708)

 

A flaw was found in the OpenStack Compute (nova) VMWare driver, which could

allow an authenticated user to delete an instance while it was in the

resize state, causing the instance to remain on the back end. A malicious

user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service by exhausting all

available resources on the system. (CVE-2014-8333)

 

Red Hat would like to thank the OpenStack project for reporting the

CVE-2015-0259 and CVE-2014-3708 issues. Upstream acknowledges Brian

Manifold of Cisco and Paul McMillan of Nebula as the original reporters of

CVE-2015-0259, and Mohammed Naser from Vexxhost as the original reporter of

CVE-2014-3708.

 

In addition to the above issues, this update also addresses several bugs

and adds various enhancements, which are documented in the Red Hat

Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Technical Notes (see References

section).

 

All openstack-nova users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,

which correct these issues and add these enhancements.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, ensure all previously released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 for RHEL 7 runs on Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 7.1.

 

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 for RHEL 7 Release Notes

contain the following:

* An explanation of the way in which the provided components interact to

form a working cloud computing environment.

* Technology Previews, Recommended Practices, and Known Issues.

* The channels required for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5

for RHEL 7, including which channels need to be enabled and disabled.

 

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

1141518 - NOVA API will not update nova compute with vif-plugged events when booting many VMs

1151114 - Ephemeral disk format option ignored

1154890 - CVE-2014-8333 openstack-nova: Nova VMware instance in resize state may leak

1154951 - CVE-2014-3708 openstack-nova: Nova network denial of service through API filtering

1174422 - Evacuate Fails 'Invalid state of instance files' using Ceph Ephemeral RBD

1188355 - Fix nova evacuate for shared storage

1189836 - nova-compute fails to start when there is an instance with port with binding:vif_type=binding_failed

1190112 - CVE-2015-0259 openstack-nova: console Cross-Site WebSocket hijacking

1199106 - Rebase openstack-nova to 2014.1.4

1205806 - QCOW2 virtual size can bypass disk size checks for a flavor

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for RHEL 7:

 

Source:

openstack-nova-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.src.rpm

 

noarch:

openstack-nova-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-api-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-cells-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-cert-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-common-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-compute-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-conductor-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-console-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-doc-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-network-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-novncproxy-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-objectstore-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-scheduler-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-nova-serialproxy-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

python-nova-2014.1.4-3.el7ost.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-2014-3708

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8333

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0259

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/5/html/Technical_Notes/index.html

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/5/html/Release_Notes/index.html

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.

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