The API server in OpenShift Origin 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (master process crash) via crafted JSON data.

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1736 advisory.

  - OpenShift: Malformed JSON can cause API process crash (CVE-2015-5250)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The API server in OpenShift Origin 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (master
    process crash) via crafted JSON data. (CVE-2015-5250)

Updated openshift packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise is a cloud computing Platform-as-a- Service (PaaS) solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments.

Improper error handling in the API server can cause the master process to crash. A user with network access to the master could cause this to happen. (CVE-2015-5250)

This issue was discovered by Jordan Liggitt of the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Team.

All OpenShift Enterprise 3.0 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
311969	RHCOS 3 : openshift (RHSA-2015:1736)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
418686	SCA: security update for github.com/openshift/origin (GHSA-rf3m-mhv7-x39f)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
418686	SCA: security update for github.com/openshift/origin (GHSA-rf3m-mhv7-x39f)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
119361	RHEL 7 : openshift (RHSA-2015:1736)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

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CVE-2015-5250

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Tenable Plugins

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