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RHEL 8 / 9 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.11 (RHSA-2024:0645)

🗓️ 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Vulnerability in RHEL 8/9 with OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.11 (RHSA-2024:0645) due to runc 1.1.11 and earlier, allowing container escape and arbitrary host binaries overwrite.

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    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution
    designed for on-premise or private
    cloud deployments.

    This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container
    Platform 4.14.11. See the following advisory for the container images for
    this release:

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0642

    All OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 users are advised to upgrade to these
    updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate
    release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift Console
    or the CLI oc command. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available
    at
    https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.14/updating/updating_a_cluster/updating-cluster-cli.html

    Security Fix(es):

    * runc: file descriptor leak Leaky Vessels (CVE-2024-21626)

    A Red Hat Security Bulletin which addresses further details about the Leaky Vessels flaw is available in
    the References section.

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
    other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    All OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images
    when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the
    OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at
    https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.14/updating/updating_a_cluster/updating-cluster-cli.html

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  script_cwe_id(200);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Moderate");

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include('rpm.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release_list(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_versions: ['8','9'])) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.x / 9.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/aarch64/rhocp/4.14/debug',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/aarch64/rhocp/4.14/os',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/aarch64/rhocp/4.14/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/ppc64le/rhocp/4.14/debug',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/ppc64le/rhocp/4.14/os',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/ppc64le/rhocp/4.14/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/s390x/rhocp/4.14/debug',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/s390x/rhocp/4.14/os',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/s390x/rhocp/4.14/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/x86_64/rhocp/4.14/debug',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/x86_64/rhocp/4.14/os',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel8/x86_64/rhocp/4.14/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'runc-1.1.12-1.rhaos4.14.el8', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'4', 'exists_check':'openshift-hyperkube'}
    ]
  },
  {
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/aarch64/rhocp/4.14/debug',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/aarch64/rhocp/4.14/os',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/aarch64/rhocp/4.14/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/ppc64le/rhocp/4.14/debug',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/ppc64le/rhocp/4.14/os',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/ppc64le/rhocp/4.14/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/s390x/rhocp/4.14/debug',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/s390x/rhocp/4.14/os',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/s390x/rhocp/4.14/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/x86_64/rhocp/4.14/debug',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/x86_64/rhocp/4.14/os',
      'content/dist/layered/rhel9/x86_64/rhocp/4.14/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'runc-1.1.12-1.rhaos4.14.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'4', 'exists_check':'openshift-hyperkube'}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var flag = 0;
foreach var constraint_array ( constraints ) {
  var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'];
  foreach var pkg ( constraint_array['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = NULL;
    var _release = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var _cpu = NULL;
    var el_string = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    var epoch = NULL;
    var allowmaj = NULL;
    var exists_check = NULL;
    var cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + pkg['release'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        _release &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'runc');
}

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