RHEL 8 / 9 : GitOps 1.12.1- Argo CD CLI and MicroShift GitOps (RHSA-2024:1752)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 193172

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for GitOps 1.12.1- Argo CD CLI / MicroShift GitOps.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1752 advisory.

- Argo CD: Users with `create` but not `override` privileges can perform local sync (CVE-2023-50726)

- argo-cd: Bypassing Brute Force Protection via Application Crash and In-Memory Data Loss (CVE-2024-21652)

- argo-cd: Denial of Service Due to Unsafe Array Modification in Multi-threaded Environment (CVE-2024-21661)

- argo-cd: Bypassing Rate Limit and Brute Force Protection Using Cache Overflow (CVE-2024-21662)

- argo-cd: uncontrolled memory allocation vulnerability (CVE-2024-29893)

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 RHEL GitOps 1.12.1- Argo CD CLI / MicroShift GitOps packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1752.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 193172

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1752.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/10/2024

Updated: 4/10/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50726

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21652

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-gitops, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-gitops-release-info, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-gitops-argocd-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-gitops-argocd-cli-redistributable

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: 4/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50726, CVE-2024-21652, CVE-2024-21661, CVE-2024-21662, CVE-2024-29893

CWE: 269, 307, 400, 567

RHSA: 2024:1752

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