Istio is an open source platform for providing a uniform way to integrate microservices, manage traffic flow across microservices, enforce policies and aggregate telemetry data. Istio 1.11.0, 1.10.3 and below, and 1.9.7 and below contain a remotely exploitable vulnerability where an HTTP request with `#fragment` in the path may bypass Istio’s URI path based authorization policies. Patches are available in Istio 1.11.1, Istio 1.10.4 and Istio 1.9.8. As a work around a Lua filter may be written to normalize the path.

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

  - Istio is an open source platform for providing a uniform way to integrate microservices, manage traffic
    flow across microservices, enforce policies and aggregate telemetry data. Istio 1.11.0, 1.10.3 and below,
    and 1.9.7 and below contain a remotely exploitable vulnerability where an HTTP request with `#fragment` in
    the path may bypass Istio’s URI path based authorization policies. Patches are available in Istio 1.11.1,
    Istio 1.10.4 and Istio 1.9.8. As a work around a Lua filter may be written to normalize the path.
    (CVE-2021-39156)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3273 advisory.

    Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh is Red Hat's distribution of the Istio service mesh project, tailored for     installation into an on-premise OpenShift Container Platform installation.

    Security Fix(es):

    * envoyproxy/envoy: HTTP request with multiple value headers can bypass authorization policies     (CVE-2021-32777)

    * envoyproxy/envoy: HTTP request with a URL fragment in the URI can bypass authorization policies     (CVE-2021-32779)

    * envoyproxy/envoy: denial of service when using extensions that modify request or response sizes     (CVE-2021-32781)

    * istio/istio: HTTP request can bypass authorization mechanisms due to case insensitive host comparison     (CVE-2021-39155)

    * istio/istio: HTTP request with fragment in URI can bypass authorization mechanisms (CVE-2021-39156)

    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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3272 advisory.

    Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh is Red Hat's distribution of the Istio service mesh project, tailored for     installation into an on-premise OpenShift Container Platform installation.

    Security Fix(es):

    * envoyproxy/envoy: HTTP request with multiple value headers can bypass authorization policies     (CVE-2021-32777)

    * envoyproxy/envoy: HTTP request with a URL fragment in the URI can bypass authorization policies     (CVE-2021-32779)

    * envoyproxy/envoy: denial of service when using extensions that modify request or response sizes     (CVE-2021-32781)

    * istio/istio: HTTP request can bypass authorization mechanisms due to case insensitive host comparison     (CVE-2021-39155)

    * istio/istio: HTTP request with fragment in URI can bypass authorization mechanisms (CVE-2021-39156)

    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
415904	SCA: security update for istio.io/istio (GHSA-hqxw-mm44-gc4r)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
415904	SCA: security update for istio.io/istio (GHSA-hqxw-mm44-gc4r)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
152829	RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1.17.1 (RHSA-2021:3273)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
152828	RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0.7.1 (RHSA-2021:3272)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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