RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.48 (RHSA-2024:5446)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 311868

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.48.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5446 advisory.

- golang: net/http: golang: mime/multipart: golang: net/textproto: memory exhaustion in Request.ParseMultipartForm (CVE-2023-45290)

- go-retryablehttp: url might write sensitive information to log file (CVE-2024-6104)

- golang: net/netip: Unexpected behavior from Is methods for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses (CVE-2024-24790)

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 4.13.48 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:5446.

See Also

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2268017

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292787

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2294000

http://www.nessus.org/u?781f0266

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5446

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 311868

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2024-5446.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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-2024-24790

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:openshift, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cri-o, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-hyperkube, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9:coreos

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: 8/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45290, CVE-2024-24790, CVE-2024-6104

CWE: 115, 20, 532

RHSA: 2024:5446