RHEL 7 / 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.8 (RHSA-2020:5260)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144200

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5260 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kubernetes: Secret leaks in kube-controller-manager when using vSphere Provider (CVE-2020-8563)

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.

This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.8. See the following advisory for the container images for this release:

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5259

All OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 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 Console or the CLI oc command. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.6/updating/updating-cluster-between- minor.html#understanding-upgrade-channels_updating-cluster-between-minor.

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 affected openshift-hyperkube package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144200

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5260.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/14/2020

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8563

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 12/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8563

CWE: 117

RHSA: 2020:5260

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