RHEL 8 : container-tools:rhel8 (RHSA-2019:4269) (Ping Flood) (Reset Flood)

high Nessus Plugin ID 132234

Synopsis

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

Description

An update for the container-tools:rhel8 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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.

The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc.

Security Fix(es) :

* HTTP/2: flood using PING frames results in unbounded memory growth (CVE-2019-9512)

* HTTP/2: flood using HEADERS frames results in unbounded memory growth (CVE-2019-9514)

* 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.

Bug Fix(es) :

* avc: podman run --security-opt label=type:svirt_qemu_net_t (BZ#1764318)

* backport json-file logging support to 1.4.2 (BZ#1770176)

* Selinux won't allow SCTP inter pod communication (BZ#1774382)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4269

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-9512

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-9514

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

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-18466

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 132234

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-4269.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/18/2019

Updated: 12/5/2022

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: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18466

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16884

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:container-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containernetworking-plugins-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fuse-overlayfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fuse-overlayfs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:oci-systemd-hook, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:oci-systemd-hook-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:oci-umount, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:oci-umount-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-podman-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:runc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:runc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:slirp4netns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:slirp4netns-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:toolbox, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.1

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: 12/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16884, CVE-2019-18466, CVE-2019-9512, CVE-2019-9514

RHSA: 2019:4269