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RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.24 (RHSA-2023:3976)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189420

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.24.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3976 advisory.

 - An authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in kube-apiserver. This issue could allow a remote, authenticated attacker who has been given permissions update, patch the pods/ephemeralcontainers subresource beyond what the default is. They would then need to create a new pod or patch one that they already have access to. This might allow evasion of SCC admission restrictions, thereby gaining control of a privileged pod. (CVE-2023-1260)

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 RHCOS OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.24 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:3976.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1260

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3976

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 189420

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2023-3976.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2024

Updated: 1/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1260

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9:coreos, 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: 7/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1260

CWE: 288

RHSA: 2023:3976