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GLSA-202405-31 : Kubelet: Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 196891

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202405-31 (Kubelet: Privilege Escalation)

 - A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods and persistent volumes on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they are using an in-tree storage plugin for Windows nodes. (CVE-2023-5528)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All Kubelet users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=sys-cluster/kubelet-1.28.5

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-31

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=918665

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 196891

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202405-31.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 5/12/2024

Updated: 5/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5528

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:gentoo:linux:kubelet, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5528