RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2.5 (collectd-libpod-stats) (RHSA-2023:5964)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 194255

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2.5 (collectd-libpod- stats).

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5964 advisory.

Collectd plugin for gathering resource usage statistics from containers created with the libpod library.

Security Fix(es):

* golang: net/http, x/net/http2: rapid stream resets can cause excessive work (CVE-2023-44487) (CVE-2023-39325)

* HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack) (CVE-2023-44487)

* golang: crypto/tls: large handshake records may cause panics (CVE-2022-41724)

* golang: net/http, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2022-41725)

* golang: net/http, net/textproto: denial of service from excessive memory allocation (CVE-2023-24534)

* golang: net/http, net/textproto, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2023-24536)

* golang: go/parser: Infinite loop in parsing (CVE-2023-24537)

* golang: html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters (CVE-2023-24538)

* golang: crypto/tls: slow verification of certificate chains containing large RSA keys (CVE-2023-29409)

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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2.5 (collectd-libpod-stats) package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:5964.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2178492

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2184481

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2184482

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2184483

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2184484

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228743

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242803

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243296

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5964

http://www.nessus.org/u?d813256d

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

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2023-003

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2178488

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 194255

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-5964.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/28/2024

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: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24538

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 9.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:collectd-libpod-stats

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: 10/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41724, CVE-2022-41725, CVE-2023-24534, CVE-2023-24536, CVE-2023-24537, CVE-2023-24538, CVE-2023-29409, CVE-2023-39325, CVE-2023-44487

CWE: 400, 835, 94

RHSA: 2023:5964