RHCOS 3 : kubernetes (RHSA-2016:0351)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 311987

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for kubernetes.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:0351 advisory.

- server: patch operation should use patched object to check admission control (CVE-2016-1905)

- server: build config to a strategy that isn't allowed by policy (CVE-2016-1906)

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 kubernetes package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:0351.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 311987

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2016-0351.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: 5.9

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-2016-1906

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-sdn-ovs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-master, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-node, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-openshift-node, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift, 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: 3/3/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1905, CVE-2016-1906

CWE: 285

RHSA: 2016:0351

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