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RHEL 9 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.23 (RHSA-2024:9618)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 211789
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.23.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:9618 advisory.Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments.
This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.23. See the following advisory for the container images for this release:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9615
Security Fix(es):
* waitress: python-waitress: request processing race condition in HTTP pipelining with invalid first request (CVE-2024-49768)
* waitress: Waitress has a denial of service leading to high CPU usage/resource exhaustion (CVE-2024-49769)
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.
All OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating_a_cluster/updating-cluster-cli.html
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 OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.23 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:9618.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322460
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322461
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 211789
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-9618.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/25/2024
Updated: 11/25/2024
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-49768
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.8
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-waitress, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-waitress, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-49768, CVE-2024-49769