perfSONAR Announcements

[Michael Johnson <>]

Hi,

May 10 marked the release of a new Red Hat CVE:

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html

CentOS just released new kernel source RPMs.

A 'yum update' may give you a new non-web100 kernel and therefore break 
access to NDT/NPAD. Consult our FAQ for more info: 
http://www.perfsonar.net/about/faq/#Q25

Our read of the CVE does not find any issue of concern specific to the 
toolkit. It is possible the host may be vulnerable to some types of DoS 
attacks in some particular cases. If you are in doubt about your kernel, feel 
free to review the CVE,  upgrade to the latest version, and forgo NDT/NPAD 
support for the time being.  We are in the process of building and testing a 
new kernel, and will alert you when we have our web100 patched version 
available. We'll try to have it ready as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience,
The perfSONAR Team

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Michael Johnson
GlobalNOC Software Engineering
Indiana University

812-856-2771

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