SB2024040361 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Logging Subsystem 5.6 for Red Hat OpenShift for RHEL 8



SB2024040361 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Logging Subsystem 5.6 for Red Hat OpenShift for RHEL 8

Published: April 3, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024040361
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 25% Low 75%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24786)

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when parsing data in an invalid JSON format within the protojson.Unmarshal() function. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


2) Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35937)

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

The vulnerability exist due to race condition. A local privileged user can bypass the checks that were introduced in response to CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501, potentially gaining root privileges.


3) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35938)

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

The vulnerability occurs when rpm sets the desired permissions and credentials after installing a file. A local privileged user can use this flaw to exchange the original file with a symbolic link to a security-critical file and escalate their privileges on the system.


4) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35939)

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

The vulnerability exist due to fix for CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501 was incomplete: the check was only implemented for the parent directory of the file to be created. A local privileged user who owns another ancestor directory could potentially use this flaw to gain root privileges.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.