Moderate: openstack-selinux security update

Synopsis

Moderate: openstack-selinux security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

An update for openstack-selinux is now available for Red Hat OpenStack
Platform 16.1 (Train).

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.

Description

The openstack-selinux package is a collection of SELinux policies for running OpenStack on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Security Fix(es):

• policy flaw allows dbus messaging (CVE-2020-1690)
  

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page listed in the References section.

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat OpenStack 16.1 x86_64
• Red Hat OpenStack for IBM Power 16.1 ppc64le
• Red Hat OpenStack Director Deployment Tools 16.1 x86_64
• Red Hat OpenStack Director Deployment Tools for IBM Power LE 16.1 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1789640 - CVE-2020-1690 openstack-selinux: policy flaw allows dbus messaging
• BZ - 1872651 - update selinux policy to allow timemaster service and sockets for ptp ports

CVEs

• CVE-2020-1690

References

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