RHEL 7 / 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.40 (RHSA-2021:2057)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149980

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.40.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2057 advisory.

- runc: vulnerable to symlink exchange attack (CVE-2021-30465)

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 4.5.40 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:2057.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a5c40ab4

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

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2021-004

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2057

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954736

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962453

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149980

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2057.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/26/2021

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: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30465

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 5/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30465

CWE: 59

RHSA: 2021:2057