SVG:Advisory-SVG-2019-16022
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Advisory-SVG-2019-16022
Title: EGI SVG 'ADVISORY' [TLP:WHITE ] LOW risk vulnerability in dCache xrootd protocol implementation [EGI-SVG-2019-16022] Date: 2019-11-11 Updated: Affected software and risk ========================== LOW risk vulnerability concerning dCache Package : dCache A vulnerability in dCache Xrootd protocol implementation has been found which allows authenticated users to list directories outside of a restricted set configured by the service administrator. Accessing such directories or their contents is still constrained by their actual permissions: only the restriction to certain paths is not applied. Actions required/recommended ============================ Sites are recommended to update relevant components as soon as it is convenient. Sites may update now from the dCache site [R 1] or given the vulnerability is 'Low' Risk may wait until updates are available in the EGI UMD. Component installation information ================================== Updates are available at from the dCache site [R 1] The official repository for the distribution of grid middleware for EGI sites is repository.egi.eu which contains the EGI Unified Middleware Distribution (UMD). Sites using the EGI UMD 4 should see: http://repository.egi.eu/category/umd_releases/distribution/umd-4/ Affected software details ========================= Fixed versions are:-- 6.0.1 5.2.7 5.1.12 5.0.23 4.2.44 Earlier versions supported versions - 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 6.0 are all vulnerable. TLP and URL =========== ** WHITE information - Unlimited distribution - see https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/EGI_CSIRT:TLP for distribution restrictions*** URL: https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/SVG:Advisory-SVG-2019-16022 Minor updates may be made without re-distribution to the sites Comments ======== Comments or questions should be sent to svg-rat at mailman.egi.eu If you find or become aware of another vulnerability which is relevant to EGI you may report it by e-mail to report-vulnerability at egi.eu the EGI Software Vulnerability Group will take a look according to the procedure defined in [R 2] Note that this is undergoing revision to fully handle vulnerabilities in the EOSC-hub era. References ========== [R 1] https://www.dcache.org/ [R 2] https://documents.egi.eu/public/ShowDocument?docid=3145 Credit ====== This vulnerability was reported by Tigran Mkrtchyan from the dCache team. Timeline ======== Yyyy-mm-dd [EGI-SVG-2019-16022] 2019-10-29 Vulnerability reported by Tigran Mkrtchyan 2019-10-29 Acknowledgement from the EGI SVG to the reporter 2019-10-31 EGI SVG Risk Assessment completed 2019-10-31 Assessment by the EGI Software Vulnerability Group reported to the software providers 2019-11-05 Updated packages available on the dCache site 2019-11-11 Advisory sent to sites Context ======= This advisory has been prepared as part of the effort to fulfil EGI SVG's purpose "To minimize the risk to the EGI infrastructure arising from software vulnerabilities" The risk is that assessed by the group, according to the EGI SVG issue handling procedure [R 2] in the context of how the software is used in the EGI infrastructure. It is the opinion of the group, we do not guarantee it to be correct. The risk may also be higher or lower in other deployments depending on how the software is used. Others may re-use this information provided they:- 1) Respect the provided TLP classification 2) Credit the EGI https://www.egi.eu/ Software Vulnerability Group Note that the SVG issue handling procedure is currently under review, to take account of the increasing inhomogeneity of the EGI infrastructure and the services in the EOSC-hub catalogue. On behalf of the EGI SVG,