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Posted on 03 March 2015
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: foreman-proxy security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0288-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0288.html
Issue date: 2015-03-03
CVE Names: CVE-2014-3691
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1. Summary:
Updated foreman-proxy packages that fix one security issue are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0.
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 - noarch
3. Description:
The foreman-proxy package provides a RESTful API to manage DNS, DHCP, TFTP,
and Puppet settings, and can be used as part of Foreman.
It was discovered that foreman-proxy, when running in SSL-secured mode, did
not correctly verify SSL client certificates. This could permit any client
with access to the API to make requests and perform actions otherwise
restricted. (CVE-2014-3691)
All foreman-proxy users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which corrects this issue.
4. 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
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1150879 - CVE-2014-3691 foreman-proxy: failure to verify SSL certificates
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0:
Source:
foreman-proxy-1.3.0-7.el6ost.src.rpm
noarch:
foreman-proxy-1.3.0-7.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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3691
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 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
