RHEL 7 / 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.24 openshift (RHSA-2019:3942)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 131218

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3942 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 openshift container images for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.24.

Security Fix(es):

* A flaw was found in kubectl that leaves http-cache files with read/write permissions for any user. In conjunction with a non-default value for --cache-dir, this could lead to the cache content being placed in a location accessible to other users in the system. (CVE-2019-11244)

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 openshift package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:3942.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 131218

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3942.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/22/2019

Updated: 11/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-clients-redistributable, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-hyperkube, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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: 11/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11244

CWE: 732

RHSA: 2019:3942

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