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RHCOS 3 : atomic-openshift (RHSA-2016:2696)
high Nessus Plugin ID 311972
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for atomic-openshift.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2696 advisory.- 3: Router sometimes selects new routes over old routes when determining claimed hostnames (CVE-2016-8631)
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 atomic-openshift package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:2696.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390735
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 311972
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2016-2696.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: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8631
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.7
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:atomic-openshift-clients-redistributable, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:atomic-openshift-dockerregistry, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:atomic-openshift-master, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:atomic-openshift-pod, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:atomic-openshift, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:atomic-openshift-sdn-ovs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:atomic-openshift-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-atomic-openshift-node, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:atomic-openshift-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:atomic-openshift-node, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7: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: 11/15/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-8631