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RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.9 (RHSA-2020:5615)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 312496
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing a security update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.9.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5615 advisory.- lldpd: buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c (CVE-2015-8011)
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 4.6.9 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:5615.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1896536
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908516
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 312496
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2020-5615.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: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8011
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:network-scripts-openvswitch2.13, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch2.13, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch2.13-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch2.13-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-openvswitch2.13
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: 12/21/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-8011