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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: prometheus-adapter / multus / packer / cert-manager / cni-plugins / kubevirt (CVE-2023-3978)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 201818

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of prometheus-adapter / multus / packer / cert-manager / cni-plugins / kubevirt installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-3978 advisory.

 - Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack. (CVE-2023-3978)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3978

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 201818

File Name: mariner_CVE-2023-3978.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 7/3/2024

Updated: 11/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3978

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:cert-manager, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:cert-manager-acmesolver, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:cert-manager-cainjector, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:cert-manager-cmctl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:cert-manager-controller, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:cert-manager-webhook, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:packer, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:multus, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:multus-k8s-yaml, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:cni-plugins

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CBLMariner/release, Host/CBLMariner/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3978