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RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.20 (RHSA-2024:8686)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 311927
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.20.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:8686 advisory.- buildah: Buildah allows arbitrary directory mount (CVE-2024-9675)
- Podman: Buildah: CRI-O: symlink traversal vulnerability in the containers/storage library can cause Denial of Service (DoS) (CVE-2024-9676)
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 4.16.20 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:8686.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317458
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317467
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 311927
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2024-8686.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: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.2
Temporal Score: 2.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9675
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Threat Score: 1.3
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests
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: 11/6/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-9675, CVE-2024-9676