RHEL 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.36 (RHSA-2021:2499)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151117

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2499 advisory.

- jetty: local temporary directory hijacking vulnerability (CVE-2020-27216)

- jetty: buffer not correctly recycled in Gzip Request inflation (CVE-2020-27218)

- jetty: request containing multiple Accept headers with a large number of quality parameters may lead to DoS (CVE-2020-27223)

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 jenkins package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27216

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27218

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27223

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2499

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1891132

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1902826

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1934116

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151117

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2499.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2021

Updated: 12/12/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27218

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27216

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jenkins

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: 6/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27216, CVE-2020-27218, CVE-2020-27223

CWE: 226, 377, 400

RHSA: 2021:2499