Red Hat: 2011:1536-03: sos: Low Advisory
Summary
Sos is a set of tools that gather information about system hardware and
configuration.
The sosreport utility incorrectly included Certificate-based Red Hat
Network private entitlement keys in the resulting archive of debugging
information. An attacker able to access the archive could use the keys to
access Red Hat Network content available to the host. This issue did not
affect users of Red Hat Network Classic. (CVE-2011-4083)
This updated sos package also includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory.
Documentation for these bug fixes and enhancements will be available
shortly from the Technical Notes document, linked to in the References
section.
All users of sos are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
contains backported patches to correct these issues and add these
enhancements.
Summary
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/kb/docs/DOC-11259
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-4083.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/search/
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
noarch:
sos-2.2-17.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
noarch:
sos-2.2-17.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
noarch:
sos-2.2-17.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
noarch:
sos-2.2-17.el6.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/#package
Topic
An updated sos package that fixes one security issue, several bugs, andadds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having lowsecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch
Bugs Fixed
600813 - [RFE] capture complete list of yum repositories in sosreport
673244 - [RFE] include output of ibv_devinfo command (libibverbs-utils package) in sosreport
677124 - RFE: iSCSI Target plugin for sosreport.
682124 - sosreport does not capture nslcd.conf file.
683404 - autofs plugin does not collect chkconfig autofs status as intended
691477 - sosreport does not include lsusb output
709491 - grab vmmemctl
713449 - sosreport truncates leading and trailing whitespace from command outputs
726360 - Extend qpidd plugin
726427 - [RFE] sosreport should collect the result of ethtool -g, ethtool -c, and ethtool -a by default
736718 - path is wrong for hardware.py plugin
749383 - CVE-2011-4083 sos: sosreport is gathering certificate-based RHN entitlement private keys