SB2025080705 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15



SB2025080705 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

Published: August 7, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025080705
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 17
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 24% Medium 24% Low 53%
  • Low
  • Medium
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 17 vulnerabilities.


1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6021)

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the xmlBuildQName() function in tree.c . A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


2) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49796)

CWE-ID: CWE-843 - Type confusion

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 type confusion error within the xmlSchematronFormatReport() function when processing sch:name elements in schematron.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a type confusion error and crash the application. 


3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49794)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

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 use-after-free error within the xmlSchematronGetNode() function when processing XPath expressions in Schematron schema elements schematron.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-47273)

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in package_index.py. A remote attacker can trick the victim into installing a specially crafted script and overwrite arbitrary files on the system, leading to code execution.


5) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-47268)

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

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


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

The vulnerability exists due to an integer overflow within the ping command when handling ICMP Echo Reply packets. A remote attacker can trick the victim to ping a malicious server, trigger an integer overflow and crash the application. 


6) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-40909)

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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


The vulnerability allows a local user to tamper with application's behavior.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition if a directory handle is open at thread creation. A local user can exploit the race and force the application to load code or access files from unexpected location.


7) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21919)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

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


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the child_cfs_rq_on_list() function in kernel/sched/fair.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


8) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21905)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

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


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the iwl_parse_tlv_firmware() function in drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


9) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6965)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

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 error when processing aggregated terms. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application where the number of aggregate terms exceeds the number of columns available, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


10) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45339)

CWE-ID: CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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


The vulnerability allows a local user to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure link following when writing log files. A local user can point a symbolic link to a critical file on the system and overwrite it with the log data.


11) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6020)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

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:U/U:Clear


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

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions within the pam_namespace module when handling user-controlled paths. A local user can use specially crafted symlinks and race conditions to execute arbitrary code as root. 


12) Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5994)

CWE-ID: CWE-349 - Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cache poisoning attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to a logic error in the EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) implementation. A remote attacker can perform cache poisoning attacks against Unbound servers with ECS support, a.k.a. Rebirthday Attack.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that the server is compiled with '--enable-subnet' and configured to send ECS information to upstream name servers with at least one of the 'send-client-subnet', 'client-subnet-zone' or 'client-subnet-always-forward' options.


13) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4373)

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the g_string_insert_unichar() function in glib/gstring.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


14) Insecure temporary file (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-54661)

CWE-ID: CWE-377 - Insecure Temporary File

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


The vulnerability allows a local user to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of a predictable temporary file name in readline.sh. A local user can create a symbolic link from the temporary file to an arbitrary files on the system and overwrite it with the application's output, corrupting the file.


15) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52533)

CWE-ID: CWE-193 - Off-by-one Error

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error in gio/gsocks4aproxy.c when handling responses from SOCKS4 proxy. A remote attacker can trick the victim into connecting to a malicious SOCKS4 proxy server, trigger an off-by-one error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


16) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-34397)

CWE-ID: CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

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


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

The vulnerability exists due to missing authorization for D-Bus signals. When a GDBus-based client subscribes to signals from a trusted system service such as NetworkManager on a shared computer, other users of the same computer can send spoofed D-Bus signals that the GDBus-based client will wrongly interpret as having been sent by the trusted system service.


17) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49977)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

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


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the ftrace_startup() function in kernel/trace/ftrace.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.