RHCOS 3 : kubernetes (RHSA-2015:1945)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 312009

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for kubernetes.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1945 advisory.

- Kubernetes: Missing name validation allows path traversal in etcd (CVE-2015-5305)

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 kubernetes package based on the guidance in RHSA-2015:1945.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 312009

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2015-1945.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: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5305

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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: 10/27/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5305

CWE: 22

RHSA: 2015:1945

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