RHEL 8 / 9 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.2 (RHSA-2023:6840)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194364

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6840 advisory.

- golang: net/http: insufficient sanitization of Host header (CVE-2023-29406)

- golang: crypto/tls: slow verification of certificate chains containing large RSA keys (CVE-2023-29409)

- golang: html/template: improper handling of HTML-like comments within script contexts (CVE-2023-39318)

- golang: html/template: improper handling of special tags within script contexts (CVE-2023-39319)

- golang: crypto/tls: panic when processing post-handshake message on QUIC connections (CVE-2023-39321)

- golang: crypto/tls: lack of a limit on buffered post-handshake (CVE-2023-39322)

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

- HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack) (CVE-2023-44487)

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 4.14.2 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6840.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194364

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6840.nasl

Version: 1.1

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29406

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cri-o, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients-redistributable

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: 11/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29406, CVE-2023-29409, CVE-2023-39318, CVE-2023-39319, CVE-2023-39321, CVE-2023-39322, CVE-2023-39325, CVE-2023-44487

CWE: 113, 400, 770, 79

RHSA: 2023:6840

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