Bug 1168977 – CVE-2014-8120 thermostat: local JMX URL disclosure

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Bug 1168977 - (CVE-2014-8120) CVE-2014-8120 thermostat: local JMX URL disclosure

Summary:	CVE-2014-8120 thermostat: local JMX URL disclosure

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2014-8120

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	high Severity high
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1170141
Blocks:	1165931
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Reported:	2014-11-28 10:38 EST by Florian Weimer
Modified:	2015-01-08 02:02 EST (History)
CC List:	10 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	It was discovered that, in certain configurations, the Thermostat agent disclosed JMX management URLs of all local Java virtual machines to any local user. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.
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Last Closed:	2014-12-16 18:06:32 EST
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Attachments	(Terms of Use)
agent-proxy-remove-rmi-v2.patch (86.38 KB, patch) 2014-11-28 10:47 EST, Florian Weimer	no flags	Details \| Diff
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:2000	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: thermostat1-thermostat security update	2014-12-16 21:35:48 EST

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Description Florian Weimer 2014-11-28 10:38:14 EST

It was discovered that in certain configurations, the Thermostat agent
discloses JMX management URLs of all local Java virtual machines to any
local user. This allows local users to increase their privileges.

Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Elliott Baron of Red Hat.

Comment 2 Florian Weimer 2014-11-28 10:47:47 EST

Created attachment 962535 [details]
agent-proxy-remove-rmi-v2.patch

Proposed upstream patch by Elliott Baron

Comment 4 Vincent Danen 2014-12-16 16:13:50 EST

External References:

http://icedtea.classpath.org/pipermail/thermostat-announce/2014-December/000013.html

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2014-12-16 16:36:23 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUS

Via RHSA-2014:2000 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2000.html

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2014-12-16 17:11:24 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUS

Via RHSA-2014:2000 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2000.html

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2015-01-08 02:02:09 EST

thermostat-1.0.6-1.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2015-01-08 02:02:27 EST

thermostat-1.0.6-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

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