RHEL 7 / 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.8 (RHSA-2020:5260)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144200

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5260 advisory.

- kubernetes: Secret leaks in kube-controller-manager when using vSphere Provider (CVE-2020-8563)

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

Solution

Update the affected openshift-hyperkube package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?93a0f166

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5260

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886635

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902559

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144200

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5260.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2020

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8563

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 12/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8563

CWE: 117

RHSA: 2020:5260