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RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.9.22 (RHSA-2022:0557)
high Nessus Plugin ID 312411
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.9.22.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0557 advisory.- golang: net: incorrect parsing of extraneous zero characters at the beginning of an IP address octet (CVE-2021-29923)
- golang: net/http/httputil: panic due to racy read of persistConn after handler panic (CVE-2021-36221)
- golang: net/http: limit growth of header canonicalization cache (CVE-2021-44716)
- golang: syscall: don't close fd 0 on ForkExec error (CVE-2021-44717)
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 4.9.22 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:0557.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0557
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1992006
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 312411
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2022-0557.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/6/2026
Updated: 5/6/2026
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: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44717
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:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-29923
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:prometheus-promu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-hyperkube, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:butane, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cri-o, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cri-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients-redistributable, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition-validate, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-github-prometheus-promu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:butane-redistributable, 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: 2/23/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-29923, CVE-2021-36221, CVE-2021-44716, CVE-2021-44717