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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.1281
Moderate: spacewalk-backend security update
19 May 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: spacewalk-backend
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Linux variants
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-7470
Original Bulletin:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1259
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Red Hat. It is recommended that administrators
running spacewalk-backend check for an updated version of the
software for their operating system.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: spacewalk-backend security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:1259-01
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1259
Issue date: 2017-05-18
CVE Names: CVE-2017-7470
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1. Summary:
An update for spacewalk-backend is now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.6
and Red Hat Satellite 5.7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) - noarch
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) - noarch
Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) - noarch
3. Description:
Spacewalk is an Open Source systems management solution that provides
system provisioning, configuration and patching capabilities.
Security Fix(es):
* It was found that spacewalk-channel can be used by a non-admin user or
disabled users to perform administrative tasks due to an incorrect
authorization check in backend/server/rhnChannel.py. (CVE-2017-7470)
Red Hat would like to thank Bert Stel (SUSE) for reporting this issue.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
For this update to take effect, Red Hat Satellite must be restarted
("/usr/sbin/rhn-satellite restart").
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1439622 - CVE-2017-7470 spacewalk-backend: spacewalk-channel can be used by non-admin or disabled users for performing administrative tasks
6. Package List:
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5):
Source:
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-45.el5sat.src.rpm
noarch:
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-app-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-applet-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-config-files-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-iss-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-iss-export-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-libs-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-package-push-server-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-server-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-sql-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-tools-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc-2.0.3-45.el5sat.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6):
Source:
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-45.el6sat.src.rpm
noarch:
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-app-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-applet-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-config-files-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-iss-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-iss-export-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-libs-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-package-push-server-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-server-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-sql-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-tools-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc-2.0.3-45.el6sat.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6):
Source:
spacewalk-backend-2.3.3-49.el6sat.src.rpm
noarch:
spacewalk-backend-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-app-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-applet-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-config-files-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-iss-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-iss-export-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-libs-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-package-push-server-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-server-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-sql-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-tools-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs-2.3.3-49.el6sat.noarch.rpm
spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc-2.3.3-49.el6sat.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-2017-7470
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
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