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Oracle Linux 8 : container-tools:ol8 (ELSA-2019-4269) (Ping Flood) (Reset Flood)

high Nessus Plugin ID 132667

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:4269 :

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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-4269.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 132667

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-4269.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/6/2020

Updated: 9/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16884

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Reference Information

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

RHSA: 2019:4269