RHCOS 3 : openshift (RHSA-2015:1650)

high Nessus Plugin ID 312012

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for 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-2015:1650 advisory.

- OpenShift3: Exec operations should be forbidden to privileged pods such as builder pods (CVE-2015-5222)

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 openshift package based on the guidance in RHSA-2015:1650.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 312012

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2015-1650.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: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5222

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 8/20/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5222

CWE: 862

RHSA: 2015:1650

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