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RHEL 7 / 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.20 openshift (RHSA-2019:3132)

high Nessus Plugin ID 129996

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for openshift is now available for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.

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.

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 openshift RPM package for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.20.

Security Fix(es) :

* kubernetes: YAML parsing vulnerable to 'Billion Laughs' attack, allowing for remote denial of service (CVE-2019-11253)

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.

Solution

Update the affected openshift-clients, openshift-clients-redistributable and / or openshift-hyperkube packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3132

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-11253

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129996

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3132.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2019

Updated: 4/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11253

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients-redistributable, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-hyperkube, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11253

RHSA: 2019:3132