RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0.4 (RHSA-2021:1538)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149435

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0.4.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1538 advisory.

- envoyproxy/envoy: HTTP request with escaped slash characters can bypass Envoy's authorization mechanisms (CVE-2021-29492)

- istio/istio: HTTP request with escaped slash characters can bypass authorization mechanisms (CVE-2021-31920)

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 OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0.4 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:1538.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?79afdae2

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1538

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1951188

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1959481

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149435

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1538.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/12/2021

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-29492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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:servicemesh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-istioctl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-mixc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-mixs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-operator, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-pilot-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-pilot-discovery, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:servicemesh-proxy

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: 5/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-29492, CVE-2021-31920

CWE: 863

RHSA: 2021:1538