The kubectl cp command allows copying files between containers and the user machine. To copy files from a container, Kubernetes runs tar inside the container to create a tar archive, copies it over the network, and kubectl unpacks it on the user’s machine. If the tar binary in the container is malicious, it could run any code and output unexpected, malicious results. An attacker could use this to write files to any path on the user’s machine when kubectl cp is called, limited only by the system permissions of the local user. Kubernetes affected versions include versions prior to 1.12.9, versions prior to 1.13.6, versions prior to 1.14.2, and versions 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4816 advisory.

    - [CVE-2019-16276] Kubernetes Vulnerabilities Allow Authentication Bypass, DoS
    - [CVE-2019-16276] Support patching flannel/dashboard on upgrade
    - [CVE-2019-16276] Support patching etcd on upgrade
    - [CVE-2019-16276] while upgrading a cluster patch the coredns image
    - CVE-2019-16276 : Update flannel , etcd coredns and dashboard images.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the kubernetes package has been released.

Update to v1.15.2 + carry upstream #81330

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1852 advisory.

    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing     Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private     cloud deployments.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kubernetes: Incomplete fix for CVE-2019-1002101 allows for arbitrary file     write via `kubectl cp` (CVE-2019-11246)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE     page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Kubernetes installed on the remote host is a version prior to 1.12.9, or 1.13.x prior to 1.13.6, or 1.14.x prior to 1.14.2. It is, therefore, affected by a directory traversal vulnerability in the kubectl cp command due to mishandling of symlinks when copying files from a running container. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to use kubectl cp with a malicious container to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1633 advisory.

    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is the company's cloud computing Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)     solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments.

    All OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images.

    Security fix(es):

    * kubernetes: Incomplete fix for CVE-2019-1002101 allows for arbitrary file write via `kubectl cp`     (CVE-2019-11246)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgements, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1632 advisory.

    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing     Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private     cloud deployments.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kubernetes: Incomplete fix for CVE-2019-1002101 allows for arbitrary file     write via `kubectl cp` (CVE-2019-11246)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE     page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
180704	Oracle Linux 7 : kubernetes (ELSA-2019-4816)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
130125	Photon OS 3.0: Kubernetes PHSA-2019-3.0-0031	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
129784	Photon OS 1.0: Kubernetes PHSA-2019-1.0-0252	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
129691	Photon OS 2.0: Kubernetes PHSA-2019-2.0-0177	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
129682	Photon OS 1.0: Kubernetes PHSA-2019-1.0-0255	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
128127	Fedora 30 : kubernetes (2019-2b8ef08c95)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
127033	RHEL 7 : OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 atomic-openshift (RHSA-2019:1852)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
126468	Kubernetes 1.12.x < 1.12.9 / 1.13.x < 1.13.6 / 1.14.x < 1.14.2 kubectl directory traversal	Nessus	Misc.	medium
126323	RHEL 7 : Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 atomic-openshift (RHSA-2019:1633)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
126322	RHEL 7 : Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 atomic-openshift (RHSA-2019:1632)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

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