RHEL 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.9 packages and (RHSA-2021:1366)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 149258

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1366 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)

- golang: crypto/elliptic: incorrect operations on the P-224 curve (CVE-2021-3114)

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 golang-github-prometheus-promu and / or prometheus-promu packages.

See Also

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/security/cve/CVE-2021-3114

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1366

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1856953

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1867099

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1897635

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1918750

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 149258

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1366.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2021

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3114

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:prometheus-promu, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-github-prometheus-promu

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: 5/4/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15586, CVE-2020-16845, CVE-2020-28362, CVE-2021-3114

CWE: 295, 362, 682, 835

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

RHSA: 2021:1366