RHSA-2014:0148 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated spacewalk-java, spacewalk-web, and satellite-branding packages that
fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based
infrastructures. It allows for provisioning, remote management and
monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single, centralized tool.

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way the Red Hat
Satellite web interface performed sanitization of notes for registered
systems. A remote authenticated Red Hat Satellite user could create a
malicious note that, when viewed by a victim, could execute arbitrary web
script with the privileges of the user viewing that note. (CVE-2012-6149)

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in the Red Hat
Satellite web interface. A remote attacker could provide a specially
crafted link that, when visited by an authenticated Red Hat Satellite user,
would lead to arbitrary web script execution in the context of the user's
web interface session. (CVE-2013-1871, CVE-2013-4415)

An HTTP header injection flaw was found in the way the Red Hat Satellite
web interface processed the return URL parameter for all HTTP GET requests.
A remote attacker could use this flaw to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)
and HTTP response splitting attacks against users visiting the site.
(CVE-2013-1869)

Red Hat would like to thank Ben Ford of Puppet Labs for reporting
CVE-2012-6149, Ryan Giobbi of UPMC for reporting CVE-2013-1869 and
CVE-2013-1871, and Adam Willard and Jose Carlos de Arriba of Foreground
Security for reporting CVE-2013-4415.

Users of Red Hat Satellite 5.6 are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which resolve these issues. For this update to take effect, Red
Hat Satellite must be restarted. Refer to the Solution section for details.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the
Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Run the following command to restart the Red Hat Satellite server:

# rhn-satellite restart

Affected Products

• Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 6 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5 Managed DB 5.6 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5 Managed DB 5.6 for RHEL 6 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite 5 Managed DB 5.6 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite 5 Managed DB 5.6 for RHEL 5 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 882000 - CVE-2012-6149 Satellite, Spacewalk (spacewalk-java): XSS in system.addNote XML-RPC call due improper sanitization of note's subject and content
• BZ - 923464 - CVE-2013-1869 Satellite/Spacewalk: header injection flaw
• BZ - 923467 - CVE-2013-1871 Satellite/Spacewalk: XSS in EditAddress page
• BZ - 979452 - CVE-2013-4415 Red Hat Satellite, Spacewalk: PAGE_SIZE_LABEL_SELECTED cross-site scripting (XSS)

CVEs

• CVE-2012-6149
• CVE-2013-1869
• CVE-2013-4415
• CVE-2013-1871

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate