RHCOS 4 / 9 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.4 (RHSA-2024:4616)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 311856

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.4.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4616 advisory.

- golang: net: malformed DNS message can cause infinite loop (CVE-2024-24788)

- jinja2: accepts keys containing non-attribute characters (CVE-2024-34064)

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 4.16.4 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:4616.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 311856

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2024-4616.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/4/2026

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: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-24788

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-34064

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ose-aws-ecr-image-credential-provider, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-jinja2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients-redistributable, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ose-gcp-gcr-image-credential-provider, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-jinja2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ose-azure-acr-image-credential-provider

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: 7/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-24788, CVE-2024-34064

CWE: 79, 835

RHSA: 2024:4616

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