RHEL 6 : rubygem-openshift-origin-node (RHSA-2014:0530)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 119353

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for rubygem-openshift-origin-node.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2014:0530 advisory.

The rubygem-openshift-origin-node package provides basic OpenShift node functionality.

A command injection flaw was found in rubygem-openshift-origin-node.
A remote, authenticated user permitted to run cartridges via the web interface could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the Red Hat OpenShift node server. (CVE-2014-0233)

This issue was discovered by Jeremy Choi of the Red Hat HSS Pen-test Team.

All rubygem-openshift-origin-node users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL rubygem-openshift-origin-node package based on the guidance in RHSA-2014:0530.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5304dc44

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0530

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1096955

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 119353

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-0530.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/4/2018

Updated: 11/4/2024

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: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0233

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-openshift-origin-node, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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: 5/21/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0233

BID: 67586

CWE: 78

RHSA: 2014:0530