RHEL 5 / 6 : CloudForms System Engine 1.1 update (Important) (RHSA-2012:1543)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193973

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1543 advisory.

Red Hat CloudForms is an on-premise hybrid cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) product that lets you create and manage private and public clouds.

This update fixes bugs in and adds enhancements to the System Engine packages, and upgrades the system to CloudForms 1.1.

This update also fixes the following security issues:

It was discovered that Katello did not properly check user permissions when handling certain requests. An authenticated remote attacker could use this flaw to download consumer certificates or change settings of other users' systems if they knew the target system's UUID. (CVE-2012-5603)

It was discovered that Pulp logged administrative passwords to a world readable log file. A local attacker could use this flaw to control systems deployed and managed by CloudForms. (CVE-2012-3538)

It was discovered that the Pulp configuration file pulp.conf was installed as world readable. A local attacker could use this flaw to view the administrative password, allowing them to control systems deployed and managed by CloudForms. (CVE-2012-4574)

It was discovered that grinder used insecure permissions for its cache directory. A local attacker could use this flaw to access or modify files in the cache. (CVE-2012-5605)

The CVE-2012-5603 issue was discovered by Lukas Zapletal of Red Hat;
CVE-2012-3538 was discovered by James Laska of Red Hat; CVE-2012-4574 was discovered by Kurt Seifried of Red Hat; and CVE-2012-5605 was discovered by James Labocki of Red Hat.

After upgrading to these new packages, follow the instructions in the 4.1.
Upgrading CloudForms System Engine section of the CloudForms 1.1 Installation Guide:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/CloudForms/1.1/html/Installation_Guide/index.html

To view the full list of changes in this update, view the CloudForms Technical Notes:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/CloudForms/1.1/html/Technical_Notes/index.html

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated CloudForms System Engine packages, which resolve these issues and add these enhancements.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193973

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1543.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 11/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5603

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4574

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulp-client-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gofer, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulp-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-glue-candlepin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-cli-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulp-admin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-gofer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:candlepin-tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-glue-pulp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-apipie-rails, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulp-consumer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:quartz, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-configure, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-all, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-api-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:candlepin-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grinder, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gofer-watchdog, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gofer-package, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pulp-selinux-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:candlepin-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:candlepin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-certs-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-cli-tests

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3538, CVE-2012-4574, CVE-2012-5603, CVE-2012-5605

RHSA: 2012:1543

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RHEL 5 / 6 : CloudForms System Engine 1.1 update (Important) (RHSA-2012:1543)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193973

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CVSS v2

CVSS v3

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