Denial of service in OpenShift Container Platform 4.8
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2022-1708 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-400 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
conmon (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component openshift-clients (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component cri-o (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration |
| Vendor | Red Hat Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU64008
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1708
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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 within the ExecSync request. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
conmon (Red Hat package): 2.0.29-3.rhaos4.7.el7 - 2.0.29-3.rhaos4.7.el8
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform: 4.8.0 - 4.8.42
openshift-clients (Red Hat package): 4.8.0-202106281541.p0.git.1077b05.assembly.stream.el7 - 4.8.0-202203240836.p0.g41ff67e.assembly.stream.el8
cri-o (Red Hat package): 1.21.2-5.rhaos4.8.gitb27d974.el7 - 1.21.6-2.rhaos4.8.gitb948fcd.2.el8
CPE2.3- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:conmon_redhat_package:2.0.29-3.rhaos4.7.el7:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:conmon_redhat_package:2.0.29-3.rhaos4.7.el8:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_openshift_container_platform:4.8.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:openshift-clients_redhat_package:4.8.0-202106281541.p0.git.1077b05.assembly.stream.el7:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:openshift-clients_redhat_package:4.8.0-202106281541.p0.git.1077b05.assembly.stream.el8:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:openshift-clients_redhat_package:4.8.0-202108120034.p0.git.0d10c3f.assembly.stream.el7:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:cri-o_redhat_package:1.21.2-5.rhaos4.8.gitb27d974.el7:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:cri-o_redhat_package:1.21.2-5.rhaos4.8.gitb27d974.el8:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:cri-o_redhat_package:1.21.2-13.rhaos4.8.git52b3f98.el7:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4951
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
