SB2024040354 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15



SB2024040354 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

Published: April 3, 2024 Updated: December 19, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024040354
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 34
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 24% Medium 21% Low 56%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 34 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-51042)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the amdgpu_cs_wait_all_fences() function in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6606)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the smbCalcSize() function in fs/smb/client/netmisc.c file. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and gain access to sensitive information or crash the kernel.


3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6817)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the netfilter nf_tables component in Linux kernel. A local authenticated user can trigger a use-after-free error and escalate privileges on the system.


4) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6931)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the Linux kernel's Performance Events system component. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


5) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-7104)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the sessionReadRecord() function in ext/session/sqlite3session.c when processing a corrupt changeset. A remote user can send a specially crafted request to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.


6) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-7192)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the ctnetlink_create_conntrack() function in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c. A local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges can perform denial of service attack.


7) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26604)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management for some Sudo configurations, e.g., plausible sudoers files in which the "systemctl status" command may be executed. Specifically, systemd does not set LESSSECURE to 1, and thus other programs may be launched from the less program. This presents a substantial security risk when running systemctl from Sudo, because less executes as root when the terminal size is too small to show the complete systemctl output.


8) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-51043)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


9) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4244)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the Linux kernel netfilter: nf_tables component. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


10) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0193)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN capability can escalate privileges on the system.


11) Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0553)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform timing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the response times to malformed ciphertexts in RSA-PSK ClientKeyExchange differ from response times of ciphertexts with correct PKCS#1 v1.5 padding. A remote attacker can perform timing sidechannel attack in RSA-PSK key exchange.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fox for #VU83316 (CVE-2023-5981).


12) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0565)

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

The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow within the receive_encrypted_standard() function in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c in the SMB Client sub-component in the Linux Kernel. A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to a malicious SMB server, trigger an integer underflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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


13) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0567)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion when verifying a certificate chain with a cycle of cross signatures. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted certificate to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


14) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1085)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the netfilter nf_tables component in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.


15) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1086)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the netfilter nf_tables component in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.


16) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6546)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the GSM 0710 tty multiplexor in the Linux kernel. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.


17) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0597)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the Linux kernel cpu_entry_area mapping of X86 CPU data. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.


18) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25620)

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

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences when saving charts at Chart.yaml. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and overwrite arbitrary files on the system.


19) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27950)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the drivers/hid/hid-elo.c in the Linux kernel. A local user can perform denial of service attack.


20) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43618)

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

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in mpz/inp_raw.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


21) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43975)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the hw_atl_utils_fw_rpc_wait() function in drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_utils.c in Linux kernel. A local user can attach a specially crafted device to the system, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


22) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1055)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the tc_new_tfilter in Linux kernel. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


23) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2938)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in Linux kernel implementation of Pressure Stall Information. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


24) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3821)

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

The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error within the format_timespan() function in time-util.c. A local user can trigger an off-by-one error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.



25) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4415)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management when handling coredumps in coredump/coredump.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability affects systems with libacl support.


26) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38096)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in vmwgfx driver in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_execbuf.c in GPU component of Linux kernel with device file '/dev/dri/renderD128 (or Dxxx)'. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


27) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48339)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the hfy-istext-command() function when parsing the "file" and "srcdir" parameters, if a file name or directory name contains shell metacharacter. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

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


28) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41674)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing WLAN frames within the ieee80211_bss_info_update() function in net/mac80211/scan.c in Linux kernel. A remote attacker on the local network can send specially crafted WLAN frames to the affected system, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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


29) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42720)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the mac80211 stack in Linux kernel when parsing a multi-BSS element. A remote attacker on the local network can send specially crafted WLAN frames to the affected system, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code.

30) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42721)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a list management error in the mac80211 stack in the Linux kernel when handling BSS. A remote attacker on the local network can send specially crafted WLAN frames to the system, trigger linked list corruption and execute arbitrary code.


31) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42722)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the mac80211 stack in Linux kernel. A remote attacker on the local network can send specially crafted WLAN frames to the affected system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack against the beacon protection of P2P devices.


32) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45869)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel when nested virtualisation and the TDP MMU are enabled. A remote  user on the guest OS can exploit the race and crash the host OS.


33) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45939)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing name of a source-code file in lib-src/etags.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to use the "ctags *" command  and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.



34) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48337)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when parsing name of a source-code file in lib-src/etags.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim use the "etags -u *" command on the directory with attacker controlled content and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.



Remediation

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