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RHCOS 9 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.14 (RHSA-2024:6827)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 311900

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.14.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6827 advisory.

 - webob: WebOb's location header normalization during redirect leads to open redirect (CVE-2024-42353)

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 RHCOS OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.14 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:6827.

See Also

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?f4dde373

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6827

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 311900

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2024-6827.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: Low

Score: 3.8

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42353

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-webob, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-webob

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: 9/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42353

CWE: 601

RHSA: 2024:6827