RHEL 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.2 runc (RHSA-2019:4074)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131678

Synopsis

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

Description

An update for runc is now available for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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 runc RPM package for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2.9. The runC tool is a lightweight, portable implementation of the Open Container Format (OCF) that provides a container runtime.

Security Fix(es) :

* runc: AppArmor/SELinux bypass with malicious image that specifies a volume at /proc (CVE-2019-16884)

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 runc, runc-debuginfo and / or runc-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4074

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-16884

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131678

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-4074.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/4/2019

Updated: 12/9/2019

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: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:runc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:runc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:runc-debugsource, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16884

RHSA: 2019:4074