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RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh servicemesh-cni (RHSA-2020:2799)
high Nessus Plugin ID 138027
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh servicemesh-cni.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2799 advisory.Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh is Red Hat's distribution of the Istio service mesh project, tailored for installation into an on-premise OpenShift Container Platform installation.
Security Fix(es):
* kubernetes: YAML parsing vulnerable to Billion Laughs attack, allowing for remote denial of service (CVE-2019-11253)
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 Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh servicemesh-cni package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:2799.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?e2ec9032
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 138027
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2799.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/1/2020
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11253
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:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-cni, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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: 7/1/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-11253