RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.4 (etcd) (RHSA-2021:0916)

high Nessus Plugin ID 147868

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.4 (etcd).

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0916 advisory.

A highly-available key value store for shared configuration.

Security Fix(es):

* large slice causes panic in decodeRecord method (CVE-2020-15106)

* DoS in wal/wal.go (CVE-2020-15112)

* directories created via os.MkdirAll are not checked for permissions (CVE-2020-15113)

* gateway can include itself as an endpoint resulting in resource exhaustion and leads to DoS (CVE-2020-15114)

* improper validation of passwords allow an attacker to guess or brute-force user's passwords (CVE-2020-15115)

* no authentication is performed against endpoints provided in the
--endpoints flag (CVE-2020-15136)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.4 (etcd) package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:0916.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 147868

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0916.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/17/2021

Updated: 6/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15136

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15115

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:etcd, 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: 3/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15106, CVE-2020-15112, CVE-2020-15113, CVE-2020-15114, CVE-2020-15115, CVE-2020-15136

CWE: 285, 287, 305, 400

RHSA: 2021:0916

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