SB2023011880 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.12

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38561)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/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.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27191)

CWE-ID: CWE-327 - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

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

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

The vulnerability exists due to an error in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh before 0.0.0-20220314234659-1baeb1ce4c0b, as used in Go programming language. A remote attacker can crash a server in certain circumstances involving AddHostKey.

3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-32189)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

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

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in
Float.GobDecode. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7401