RHSA-2024:6611 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: fence-agents security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · September 12, 2024
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for fence-agents is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The fence-agents packages provide a collection of scripts for handling remote power management for cluster devices. They allow failed or unreachable nodes to be forcibly restarted and removed from the cluster.
Security Fix(es):
- pypa/setuptools: Remote code execution via download functions in the package_index module in pypa/setuptools (CVE-2024-6345)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.