RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0.5 (RHSA-2021:2061)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 149816

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0.5.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2061 advisory.

- istio/istio: authorization bypass when using AUTO_PASSTHROUGH (CVE-2021-31921)

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 RHEL Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0.5 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:2061.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f3e79638

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2061

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1955396

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 149816

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2061.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/20/2021

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31921

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-istioctl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-mixc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-mixs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-pilot-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-pilot-discovery

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31921

CWE: 863

RHSA: 2021:2061