RHEL 7 / 8 : OpenShift Virtualization 4.10.1 RPMs (RHSA-2022:4667)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194272

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for OpenShift Virtualization 4.10.1 RPMs.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:4667 advisory.

- prometheus/client_golang: Denial of service using InstrumentHandlerCounter (CVE-2022-21698)

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 Virtualization 4.10.1 RPMs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:4667.

See Also

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2045880

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2065755

http://www.nessus.org/u?92b2fdb5

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4667

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194272

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-4667.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21698

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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:kubevirt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kubevirt-virtctl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kubevirt-virtctl-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: 5/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21698

CWE: 772

RHSA: 2022:4667