RHEL 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.24 runc (RHSA-2019:3940)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131217

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.24 runc.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3940 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 runC container image for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.24. The runC tool is a lightweight, portable implementation of the Open Container Format (OCF) that provides a container runtime.

Security Fix(es):

* runc: AppArmor/SELinux bypass with malicious image that specifies a volume at the /proc directory (CVE-2019-16884)

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.24 runc package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:3940.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131217

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3940.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/22/2019

Updated: 11/7/2024

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: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16884

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:runc

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: 11/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16884

CWE: 41

RHSA: 2019:3940

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