Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : olcne / istio / istio (ELSA-2022-9362)

high Nessus Plugin ID 160858

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9362 advisory.

- Istio is an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. In affected versions the Istio control plane, istiod, is vulnerable to a request processing error, allowing a malicious attacker that sends a specially crafted message which results in the control plane crashing when the validating webhook for a cluster is exposed publicly. This endpoint is served over TLS port 15017, but does not require any authentication from the attacker. For simple installations, Istiod is typically only reachable from within the cluster, limiting the blast radius. However, for some deployments, especially [external istiod](https://istio.io/latest/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/) topologies, this port is exposed over the public internet. This issue has been patched in versions 1.13.2, 1.12.5 and 1.11.8. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable access to a validating webhook that is exposed to the public internet or restrict the set of IP addresses that can query it to a set of known, trusted entities. (CVE-2022-24726)

- regexp.Compile in Go before 1.16.15 and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows stack exhaustion via a deeply nested expression. (CVE-2022-24921)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 160858

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9362.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/10/2022

Updated: 8/9/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24921

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:istio, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:istio-istioctl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-agent, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-api-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-gluster-chart, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-grafana-chart, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-istio-chart, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-nginx, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-oci-csi-chart, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-olm-chart, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-prometheus-chart, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcnectl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24726, CVE-2022-24921

IAVB: 2022-B-0011-S

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