RHEL 7 / 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.13 packages and (RHSA-2021:0172)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145406

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0172 advisory.

- golang: data race in certain net/http servers including ReverseProxy can lead to DoS (CVE-2020-15586)

- golang: ReadUvarint and ReadVarint can read an unlimited number of bytes from invalid inputs (CVE-2020-16845)

- golang: math/big: panic during recursive division of very large numbers (CVE-2020-28362)

- kubernetes: Docker config secrets leaked when file is malformed and loglevel >= 4 (CVE-2020-8564)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8564

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15586

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16845

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28362

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0172

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1856953

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1867099

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1886637

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1897635

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145406

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0172.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2021

Updated: 1/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2020-8564

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:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-hyperkube, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests

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: 1/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8564

CWE: 117, 295, 362, 835

IAVB: 2020-B-0060-S, 2020-B-0071-S

RHSA: 2021:0172