SB2023061543 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 



SB2023061543 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.13

Published: June 15, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023061543
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 67% Low 33%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41723)

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the HPACK decoder. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP/2 stream to the application, cause resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25173)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management where supplementary groups are not set up properly inside a container. A local user can use supplementary group access to bypass primary group restrictions and compromise the container.


3) Insufficiently protected credentials (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26054)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to BuildKit may expose sensitive information when the user sends a build request that contains a Git URL with credentials and the build creates a provenance attestation  describing that build. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.