Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.9

Published: 2022-03-01 | Updated: 2022-06-02

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-39293 CVE-2021-33196
CWE-ID	CWE-770 CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration
Vendor	Red Hat Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

EUVDB-ID: #VU60921

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39293

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of archive/zip in Go programming language when processing archive header. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform: 4.9.0 - 4.9.22

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0655

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU54521