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Bug 2217902 - fence-agents: Python tarfile extraction needs change to avoid a warning (CVE-2007-4559 mitigation)
Summary: fence-agents: Python tarfile extraction needs change to avoid a warning (CVE-...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Classification: Red Hat
Component: fence-agents
Version: 9.3
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
: 9.3
Assignee: Oyvind Albrigtsen
QA Contact: Ilias Romanos
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Depends On: 2207715 2218240 2218243 2218246 2218248 2218274 2218277
Blocks: CVE-2007-4559
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Reported: 2023-06-27 12:25 UTC by Petr Viktorin (pviktori)
Modified: 2023-11-07 09:12 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: fence-agents-4.10.0-55.el9
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Clone Of:
: 2218234 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed: 2023-11-07 08:26:01 UTC
Type: Bug
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Red Hat Issue Tracker CLUSTERQE-6828 0 None None None 2023-07-19 14:17:24 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-160925 0 None None None 2023-06-27 12:28:35 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:6362 0 None None None 2023-11-07 08:26:21 UTC

Description Petr Viktorin (pviktori) 2023-06-27 12:25:32 UTC 
Hello,
In RHEL 9.3 and 8.9, we're planning to fix the long-standing CVE-2007-4559: Python's `tarfile` module makes it too easy to extract tarballs in an unsafe way.
Unfortunately, for the CVE to be considered fixed, this needs a behavior change. (If you don't think this is the case, let's bring it up with the security team.)
Upstream, Python will emit deprecation warnings for 2 releases, but in RHEL we change the behavior now, emit warnings, and provide ways for customers to restore earlier behavior.
To avoid the warning, software shipped by Red Hat will need a change.

For more details see upstream PEP 706: https://peps.python.org/pep-0706
and the Red Hat knowledge base draft: https://access.redhat.com/articles/7004769

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fence-agents will need changes in two places:

- In /usr/lib/fence-agents/bundled/kubevirt/dateutil/zoneinfo/rebuild.py: tf.extract(name, tmpdir)
- In /usr/lib/fence-agents/bundled/kubevirt/setuptools/archive_util.py: tarobj._extract_member

Both are in bundled libraries, and will need the fix from the following bugs backported to the bundled copy:

dateutil: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2203905
setuptools: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2207715

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Let me know if you have any questions!
Comment 3 Ilias Romanos 2023-08-16 15:09:06 UTC 
Verified: Tested

$ mkdir 2217902
$ cd 2217902
$ wget http://download.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com/rhel-9/composes/RHEL-9/RHEL-9.3.0-20230731.0/compose/AppStream/x86_64/os/Packages/fence-agents-kubevirt-4.10.0-48.el9.x86_64.rpm
$ wget http://download.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com/rhel-9/composes/RHEL-9/RHEL-9.3.0-20230805.d.22/compose/AppStream/x86_64/os/Packages/fence-agents-kubevirt-4.10.0-55.el9.x86_64.rpm
$ rpm2cpio fence-agents-kubevirt-4.10.0-48.el9.x86_64.rpm > fence-agents-kubevirt-4.10.0-48.cpio
$ rpm2cpio fence-agents-kubevirt-4.10.0-55.el9.x86_64.rpm > fence-agents-kubevirt-4.10.0-55.cpio
$ cpio -idv < fence-agents-kubevirt-4.10.0-48.cpio -D 4.10.0-48
$ cpio -idv < fence-agents-kubevirt-4.10.0-55.cpio -D 4.10.0-55
$ diff 4.10.0-48/usr/lib/fence-agents/bundled/kubevirt/dateutil/zoneinfo/rebuild.py 4.10.0-55/usr/lib/fence-agents/support/kubevirt/dateutil/zoneinfo/rebuild.py 
24c24,29
<                 tf.extract(name, tmpdir)
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>                 if hasattr(tarfile, 'data_filter'):
>                     # Python with CVE-2007-4559 mitigation (PEP 706)
>                     tf.extract(name, tmpdir, filter='data')
>                 else:
>                     # Fallback to a possibly dangerous extraction (before PEP 706)
>                     tf.extract(name, tmpdir)
Comment 6 Ilias Romanos 2023-08-19 18:21:03 UTC 
VERIFIED:

[root@virt-505 ~]# rpm -q fence-agents-kubevirt
fence-agents-kubevirt-4.10.0-55.el9.x86_64

[root@virt-505 ~]# grep -B1 -A4 CVE-2007-4559 /usr/lib/fence-agents/support/kubevirt/dateutil/zoneinfo/rebuild.py
                if hasattr(tarfile, 'data_filter'):
                    # Python with CVE-2007-4559 mitigation (PEP 706)
                    tf.extract(name, tmpdir, filter='data')
                else:
                    # Fallback to a possibly dangerous extraction (before PEP 706)
                    tf.extract(name, tmpdir)
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-07 08:26:01 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 (fence-agents bug fix and enhancement update), 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:6362
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