Bug 1487247 (CVE-2017-1000201)

Summary: CVE-2017-1000201 tcmu-runner: UnregisterHandler dbus method in tcmu-runner daemon for non-existing handler causes DoS
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the UnregisterHandler method implemented in the tcmu-runner daemon. A local, non-root user with access to the D-Bus system bus could call UnregisterHandler method with non-existing tcmu handler as paramater to trigger DoS.
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Bug Depends On: 1487255, 1494511, 1494514    
Bug Blocks: 1487254    

Description Andrej Nemec 2017-08-31 13:42:36 UTC
A local non-root user with access to the D-Bus system bus can call the
UnregisterHandler method implemented in the tcmu-runner daemon with the
name of an unknown tcmu runner handler as parameter and cause a NULL
pointer dereference.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/open-iscsi/tcmu-runner/commit/e2d953050766ac538615a811c64b34358614edce

References:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/207

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-08-31 13:50:16 UTC
Created tcmu-runner tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1487255]

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2017-11-29 03:33:34 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2017:3277 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3277