Bug 1303582 - websocket: incomplete read breaks authentication, login not possible
Summary: websocket: incomplete read breaks authentication, login not possible
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: cockpit
Version: 7.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Dominik Perpeet
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Blocks: 1292918 1303605
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Reported: 2016-02-01 11:18 UTC by Dominik Perpeet
Modified: 2016-02-16 16:20 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: cockpit-0.93-2
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-02-16 16:20:14 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2016:0227 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE cockpit bug fix and enhancement update 2016-02-16 21:19:07 UTC

Description Dominik Perpeet 2016-02-01 11:18:55 UTC 
Description of problem:
The cockpit websocket (ws) component reads from /dev/urandom during authentication initialization. If this read is interrupted or incomplete, the initialization will fail and Cockpit will not be able to initiate a user session.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Affects current upstream (0.93) and all previous versions.

How reproducible:
Rarely to never on most configurations.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Interrupt read during Cockpit authentication initialization

Actual results:
No login possible.

Expected results:
Login possible.


Additional info:
Tracked upstream https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/issues/3632
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2016-02-16 16:20:14 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-0227.html
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