Bug 1168977 (CVE-2014-8120) - CVE-2014-8120 thermostat: local JMX URL disclosure
Summary: CVE-2014-8120 thermostat: local JMX URL disclosure
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-8120
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1170141
Blocks: 1165931
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-11-28 15:38 UTC by Florian Weimer
Modified: 2023-05-12 06:35 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
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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Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-12-16 23:06:32 UTC
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
agent-proxy-remove-rmi-v2.patch (86.38 KB, patch)
2014-11-28 15:47 UTC, Florian Weimer 		no flags Details | Diff
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:2000 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: thermostat1-thermostat security update 2014-12-17 02:35:48 UTC

Description Florian Weimer 2014-11-28 15:38:14 UTC 
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 15:47:47 UTC 
Created attachment 962535 [details]
agent-proxy-remove-rmi-v2.patch

Proposed upstream patch by Elliott Baron
Comment 4 Vincent Danen 2014-12-16 21:13:50 UTC 
External References:

http://icedtea.classpath.org/pipermail/thermostat-announce/2014-December/000013.html
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2014-12-16 21:36:23 UTC 
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 22:11:24 UTC 
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 07:02:09 UTC 
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 07:02:27 UTC 
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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