RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.1 (RHSA-2020:4297)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 312408

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.1.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4297 advisory.

- jenkins-jira-plugin: plugin information disclosure (CVE-2019-16541)

- jenkins-2-plugins/mailer: Missing hostname validation in Mailer Plugin could result in MITM (CVE-2020-2252)

- jenkins-2-plugins/blueocean: Path traversal vulnerability in Blue Ocean Plugin could allow to read arbitrary files (CVE-2020-2254)

- jenkins-2-plugins/blueocean: Blue Ocean Plugin does not perform permission checks in several HTTP endpoints implementing connection tests. (CVE-2020-2255)

- kubernetes: Docker config secrets leaked when file is malformed and loglevel >= 4 (CVE-2020-8564)

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 OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.1 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:4297.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 312408

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2020-4297.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/6/2026

Updated: 5/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16541

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:runc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jenkins-2-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients-redistributable, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, 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: 10/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16541, CVE-2020-14040, CVE-2020-14370, CVE-2020-15586, CVE-2020-16845, CVE-2020-2252, CVE-2020-2254, CVE-2020-2255, CVE-2020-8564

CWE: 117, 212, 22, 297, 362, 522, 835, 862

RHSA: 2020:4297

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