A flaw was found in cri-o. A malicious container can create a symbolic link to arbitrary files on the host via directory traversal (“../“). This flaw allows the container to read and write to arbitrary files on the host system.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4486 advisory.

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

    This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.45. See the     following advisory for the container images for this release:

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4484

    Security Fix(es):

    * cri-o: malicious container can create symlink on host (CVE-2024-5154)

    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.

    All OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images     when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the     OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at     https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.13/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html

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 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4008 advisory.

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

    This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.60. See the     following advisory for the container images for this release:

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4006

    Security Fix(es):

    * cri-o: malicious container can create symlink on host (CVE-2024-5154)

    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.

    All OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images     when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the     OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at     https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.12/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html

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 8 / 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3700 advisory.

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

    This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.29. See the     following advisory for the container images for this release:

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3700

    Security Fix(es):

    * cri-o: malicious container can create symlink on host (CVE-2024-5154)

    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.

    All OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images     when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the     OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at     https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.14/updating/updating_a_cluster/updating-cluster-cli.html

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 8 / 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3676 advisory.

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

    This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.17. See the     following advisory for the container images for this release:

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:3673

    Security Fix(es):

    * cri-o: malicious container can create symlink on host (CVE-2024-5154)

    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.

    All OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images     when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the     OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at     https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating_a_cluster/updating-cluster-cli.html

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
202560	RHEL 8 / 9 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.45 (RHSA-2024:4486)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
201061	RHEL 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.60 (RHSA-2024:4008)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
200455	RHEL 8 / 9 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.29 (RHSA-2024:3700)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
200421	RHEL 8 / 9 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.17 (RHSA-2024:3676)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2024-5154

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Tenable Plugins

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