SB2021070616 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.7

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SB2021070616 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.7

Published: July 6, 2021 Updated: October 29, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2021070616
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Information disclosure

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3560)

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the "polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync" function, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25217)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack or gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of options data stored in DHCP leases. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack or gain access to sensitive information.

Both dhcpd and dhclient are affected by the vulnerability.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References