Kubernetes API server in all versions allow an attacker who is able to create a ClusterIP service and set the spec.externalIPs field, to intercept traffic to that IP address. Additionally, an attacker who is able to patch the status (which is considered a privileged operation and should not typically be granted to users) of a LoadBalancer service can set the status.loadBalancer.ingress.ip to similar effect.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Kubernetes API server in all versions allow an attacker who is able to create a ClusterIP service and set     the spec.externalIPs field, to intercept traffic to that IP address. Additionally, an attacker who is able     to patch the status (which is considered a privileged operation and should not typically be granted to     users) of a LoadBalancer service can set the status.loadBalancer.ingress.ip to similar effect.
    (CVE-2020-8554)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An update of the kubernetes package has been released.

The version of kubernetes installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2020-8554 advisory.

  - Kubernetes API server in all versions allow an attacker who is able to create a ClusterIP service and set     the spec.externalIPs field, to intercept traffic to that IP address. Additionally, an attacker who is able     to patch the status (which is considered a privileged operation and should not typically be granted to     users) of a LoadBalancer service can set the status.loadBalancer.ingress.ip to similar effect.
    (CVE-2020-8554)

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

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-9029 advisory.

    - Address CVE-2020-28914

    kata
    - Address CVE-2020-28914

    kubernetes
    - Kata CVE-2020-28914

    olcne
    - Address CVE-2020-28914: An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to     1.11.5

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-9028 advisory.

    - Kata CVE-2020-28914

    kata-proxy
    - Address CVE-2020-28914: An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to     1.11.5
    - Address CVE-2020-8554: man-in-the-middle vulnerability using Kubernetes service External IPs

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0079 advisory.

    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing     Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private     cloud deployments.

    This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container     Platform 3.11.374. See the following advisory for the container images for     this release:

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:0080

    Security Fix(es):

    * golang.org/x/crypto: Keystream loop in amd64 assembly when overflowing 32-bit counter (CVE-2019-11840)

    * kubernetes: MITM using LoadBalancer or ExternalIPs (CVE-2020-8554)

    * python-urllib3: CRLF injection via HTTP request method (CVE-2020-26137)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
259172	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-8554	Nessus	Misc.	medium
203918	Photon OS 3.0: Kubernetes PHSA-2022-3.0-0374	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
185437	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: kubernetes (CVE-2020-8554)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
146377	Oracle Linux 7 : olcne (ELSA-2021-9029)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
146376	Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : olcne (ELSA-2021-9028)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
145229	RHEL 7 : OpenShift Container Platform 3.11.374 (RHSA-2021:0079)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

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CVE-2020-8554

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