RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.0 (RHSA-2023:7201)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191073

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.0.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7201 advisory.

- golang: net/http, x/net/http2: rapid stream resets can cause excessive work (CVE-2023-44487) (CVE-2023-39325)

- golang: net/http/internal: Denial of Service (DoS) via Resource Consumption via HTTP requests (CVE-2023-39326)

- golang: crypto/tls: Timing Side Channel attack in RSA based TLS key exchanges. (CVE-2023-45287)

- ssh: Prefix truncation attack on Binary Packet Protocol (BPP) (CVE-2023-48795)

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 RHCOS OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.0 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7201.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191073

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2023-7201.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/27/2024

Updated: 5/4/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 5.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48795

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients-redistributable, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition-validate, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containernetworking-plugins, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cri-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:runc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cri-o, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:butane-redistributable, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:butane, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39325, CVE-2023-39326, CVE-2023-45287, CVE-2023-48795

CWE: 208, 222, 400

RHSA: 2023:7201

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