RHSA-2009:1341: Low: cman security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Sep 2, 2009
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Updated

The Cluster Manager (cman) utility provides services for managing a Linuxcluster.Multiple insecure temporary file use flaws were found in fenceapcsnmp andccstool. A local attacker could use these flaws to overwrite an arbitraryfile writable by a victim running those utilities (typically root) withthe output of the utilities via a symbolic link attack. (CVE-2008-4579,CVE-2008-6552)Bug fixes: a buffer could overflow if cluster.conf had more than 52 entries per block inside the <cman> block. The limit is now 1024. the output of the grouptool dump subcommands were NULL padded. using device="" instead of label="" no longer causes qdiskd to incorrectly exit. the IPMI fencing agent has been modified to time out after 10 seconds. It is also now possible to specify a different timeout value with the '-t'option. the IPMI fencing agent now allows punctuation in passwords. quickly starting and stopping the cman service no longer causes the cluster membership to become inconsistent across the cluster. an issue with lock syncing caused 'receiveown from' errors to be logged to '/var/log/messages'. an issue which caused gfscontrold to segfault when mounting hundreds of file systems has been fixed. the LPAR fencing agent now properly reports status when an LPAR is in Open Firmware mode. the LPAR fencing agent now works properly with systems using the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM). the APC SNMP fencing agent now properly recognizes outletStatusOn and outletStatusOff return codes from the SNMP agent. the WTI fencing agent can now connect to fencing devices with no password. the rps-10 fencing agent now properly performs a reboot when run with no options. the IPMI fencing agent now supports different cipher types with the '-C' option. qdisk now properly scans devices and partitions. cman now checks to see if a new node has state to prevent killing the first node during cluster setup. 'service qdiskd start' now works properly. the McData fence agent now works properly with the McData Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch. the Egenera fence agent can now specify an SSH login name. the APC fence agent now works with non-admin accounts when using the 3.5.x firmware. fencexvmd now tries two methods to reboot a virtual machine. connections to OpenAIS are now allowed from unprivileged CPG clients with the user and group of 'ais'. groupd no longer allows the default fence domain to be '0', which previously caused rgmanager to hang. Now, rgmanager no longer hangs. the RSA fence agent now supports SSH enabled RSA II devices. the DRAC fence agent now works with the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) on Dell PowerEdge M600 blade servers. fixed a memory leak in cman. qdisk now displays a warning if more than one label is found with the same name. the DRAC5 fencing agent now shows proper usage instructions for the '-D' option. cman no longer uses the wrong node name when getnameinfo() fails. the SCSI fence agent now verifies that sgpersist is installed. the DRAC5 fencing agent now properly handles modulename. QDisk now logs warning messages if it appears its I/O to shared storage is hung. fenceapc no longer fails with a pexpect exception. removing a node from the cluster using 'cmantool leave remove' now properly reduces the expectedvotes and quorum. a semaphore leak in cman has been fixed. 'cmantool nodes -F name' no longer segfaults when a node is out of membership.Enhancements: support for: ePowerSwitch 8+ and LPAR/HMC v3 devices, Cisco MDS 9124 and MDS 9134 SAN switches, the virsh fencing agent, and broadcast communicationwith cman. fencescsi limitations added to fencescsi man page. Users of cman are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, whichresolve these issues and add these enhancements.

Affected Software

4 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/cman<2.0.115-1.el5
2.0.115-1.el5
redhat/cman<2.0.115-1.el5
2.0.115-1.el5
redhat/cman-devel<2.0.115-1.el5
2.0.115-1.el5
redhat/cman-devel<2.0.115-1.el5
2.0.115-1.el5

Remediation

Event History

Sep 2, 2009
Advisory Published
via Red Hat·12:00 AM
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of RHSA-2009:1341?

The severity of RHSA-2009:1341 is considered to be moderate.

2

How do I fix RHSA-2009:1341?

To fix RHSA-2009:1341, you should update the affected packages to version 2.0.115-1.el5.

3

Which packages are affected by RHSA-2009:1341?

The affected packages for RHSA-2009:1341 include cman and cman-devel versions prior to 2.0.115-1.el5.

4

What vulnerabilities are addressed in RHSA-2009:1341?

RHSA-2009:1341 addresses multiple insecure temporary file use flaws in the fence_apc_snmp and ccs_tool utilities.

5

Who is at risk due to RHSA-2009:1341?

Local attackers could exploit the vulnerabilities in RHSA-2009:1341 to overwrite arbitrary files writable by users running affected services.

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