RHEL 7 / 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.32 (RHSA-2021:3635)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165142

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.32.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3635 advisory.

- kubernetes: Symlink exchange can allow host filesystem access (CVE-2021-25741)

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 OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.32 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:3635.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f6b26aad

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3635

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1993749

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165142

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-3635.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2022

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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-25741

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:openshift, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-hyperkube

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: 9/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-25741

CWE: 59

RHSA: 2021:3635