Detections
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RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.53 (RHSA-2022:4965)
high Nessus Plugin ID 312080
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.53.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:4965 advisory.- cri-o: memory exhaustion on the node when access to the kube api (CVE-2022-1708)
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 Container Platform 4.7.53 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:4965.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2085361
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 312080
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2022-4965.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/4/2026
Updated: 5/4/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1708
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:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:conmon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cri-o, 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: 6/16/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-1708