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RHEL 7 / 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.9.6 packages and (RHSA-2021:4118)
high Nessus Plugin ID 155292
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4118 advisory.- haproxy: does not ensure that the scheme and path portions of a URI have the expected characters (CVE-2021-39240)
- haproxy: an HTTP method name may contain a space followed by the name of a protected resource (CVE-2021-39241)
- haproxy: it can lead to a situation with an attacker-controlled HTTP Host header because a mismatch between Host and authority is mishandled (CVE-2021-39242)
- haproxy: request smuggling attack or response splitting via duplicate content-length header (CVE-2021-40346)
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 affected packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-39240
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-39241
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-39242
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-40346
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4118
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1995104
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1995107
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 155292
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4118.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/12/2021
Updated: 11/23/2023
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: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-40346
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:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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:cri-o, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-hyperkube, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-kuryr-cni, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-kuryr-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openshift-kuryr-controller, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-ironic-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-ironic-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-ironic-conductor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ironic-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-kuryr-kubernetes
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: 11/10/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-39240, CVE-2021-39241, CVE-2021-39242, CVE-2021-40346