RHEL 7 / 8 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.31 openshift (RHSA-2020:3183)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170333

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.31 openshift.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3183 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: A flaw was found in Kubernetes that allows attackers on adjacent networks to reach services exposed on localhost ports, previously thought to be unreachable. This flaw allows an attacker to gain privileges or access confidential information for any services listening on localhost ports that are not protected by authentication. (CVE-2020-8558)

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.

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 RHEL OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.31 openshift package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:3183.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?19b4495c

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3183

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1843358

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170333

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3183.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2023

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8558

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8558

CWE: 300

RHSA: 2020:3183