RHEL 9 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.3 (RHSA-2023:3540)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 194217

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.3.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3540 advisory.

- golang: net/http, net/textproto: denial of service from excessive memory allocation (CVE-2023-24534)

- golang: net/http, net/textproto, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2023-24536)

- golang: go/parser: Infinite loop in parsing (CVE-2023-24537)

- golang: html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters (CVE-2023-24538)

- golang: html/template: improper sanitization of CSS values (CVE-2023-24539)

- golang: html/template: improper handling of empty HTML attributes (CVE-2023-29400)

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 OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.3 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:3540.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 194217

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-3540.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/28/2024

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24538

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-networking, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-release-info

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: 6/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-24534, CVE-2023-24536, CVE-2023-24537, CVE-2023-24538, CVE-2023-24539, CVE-2023-29400

CWE: 176, 400, 835, 94

RHSA: 2023:3540

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