HPSBGN03442 rev.2 - HP Helion OpenStack using glibc, Remote Denial of Service (DoS), Arbitrary Code Execution

  • Document ID:KM02993531
  • Creation Date:19-Oct-2017
  • Modified Date:19-Oct-2017
    • Micro Focus Products:
      helion openstack

Summary

HPE Helion OpenStack has addressed stack based buffer overflows in glibc's implementation of getaddrinfo(). These vulnerabilities could be remotely exploited to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or allow execution of arbitrary code on the host with the permissions of a user running glibc library.

Reference

SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: KM02993531 (c05028479)

Version: 2

HPSBGN03442 rev.2 - HP Helion OpenStack using glibc, Remote Denial of Service (DoS), Arbitrary Code Execution
NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible.

Release Date: 2016-03-01

Last Updated: 2016-06-06

Potential Security Impact: Remote Arbitrary Code Execution, Denial of Service (DoS)

Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HPE Product Security Response Team

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY

HPE Helion OpenStack has addressed stack based buffer overflows in glibc's implementation of getaddrinfo(). These vulnerabilities could be remotely exploited to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or allow execution of arbitrary code on the host with the permissions of a user running glibc library.

References:
  • CVE-2015-7547
  • PSRT110041

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.

HP Helion OpenStack 1.1.1, 2.0.0, 2.1.0

BACKGROUND

CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics
Reference
Base Vector
Base Score
CVE-2015-7547
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
6.8
Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002

 

RESOLUTION

HPE has provided the following software update to resolve the vulnerability in HPE Helion OpenStack.

For HPE Helion OpenStack 1.1.1:

  • Helion OpenStack 1.1.1 customers should engage with HPE Helion Professional Services via existing support channels to assist with the upgrade.

For HPE Helion OpenStack 2.0.x the recommended update path is to download and upgrade to Helion OpenStack 2.1.2 or a subsequent later version. This can be done as follows:

  1. Go to

    https://helion.hpwsportal.com Non-HPE site

    and download HPE Helion OpenStack 2.1.2
  2. Follow these

    http://docs.hpcloud.com/#helion/installation/upgrade20_to_212.html

    deployment steps to upgrade to 2.1.2

HPE Helion OpenStack 2.0.x customers can also choose to install the 2.0.2 release, which only includes the changes mentioned in the release notes http://docs.hpcloud.com/#helion/releasenotes202.html . This can be done as follows:

  1. Go to

    https://helion.hpwsportal.com Non-HPE site

    and download HPE Helion OpenStack 2.0.2
  2. Follow these

    http://docs.hpcloud.com/#helion/installation/upgrade20_to_202.html

    deployment steps to upgrade to 2.0.2

To patch HPE Helion OpenStack 2.1.0:

  1. Go to

    https://helion.hpwsportal.com Non-HPE site

    and download HPE Helion OpenStack 2.1.2 or a subsequent later version.
  2. Follow these

    http://docs.hpcloud.com/#helion/installation/upgrade_to_212.html

    deployment steps to upgrade to 2.1.2

HISTORY 
Version:1 (rev.1) - 1 March 2016 Initial release 
Version:2 (rev.2) - 6 June 2016 Initial release

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