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RHCOS 3 : Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 (RHSA-2016:1852)
high Nessus Plugin ID 311981
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2016:1852 advisory.- libarchive: Archive Entry with type 1 (hardlink), but has a non-zero data size file overwrite (CVE-2016-5418)
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 Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:1852.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362601
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 311981
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2016-1852.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: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5418
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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-recycle, 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 Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-5418