RHEL 7 : containernetworking-plugins (RHSA-2020:0406)

high Nessus Plugin ID 133487

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:0406 advisory.

- 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected containernetworking-plugins package.

See Also

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

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0406

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1735645

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1735744

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133487

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-0406.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2020

Updated: 5/25/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9514

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containernetworking-plugins

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: 2/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2019

Reference Information

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

CWE: 400

RHSA: 2020:0406