Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU88184

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 7.7 [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:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45288

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient limitations placed on the amount of CONTINUATION frames that can be sent within a single HTTP/2 stream. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP/2 requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform: 4.15.0 - 4.15.9

openshift4-aws-iso (Red Hat package): before 4.15.0-202404151212.p0.gd2acdd5.assembly.stream.el8

golang-github-prometheus-promu (Red Hat package): before 0.15.0-15.4.gitd5383c5.el8

containernetworking-plugins (Red Hat package): before 1.4.0-1.3.rhaos4.15.el8

butane (Red Hat package): before 0.20.0-1.2.rhaos4.15.el8

skopeo (Red Hat package): before 1.11.2-21.3.rhaos4.15.el8

runc (Red Hat package): before 1.1.12-1.2.rhaos4.15.el8

python-sushy (Red Hat package): before 4.7.1-0.20240405121030.123a5a5.el9

python-netaddr (Red Hat package): before 0.9.0-2.el9

podman (Red Hat package): before 4.4.1-21.2.rhaos4.15.el8

ovn23.09 (Red Hat package): before 23.09.0-139.el9fdp

ose-aws-ecr-image-credential-provider (Red Hat package): before 4.15.0-202404151212.p0.g2e3cca1.assembly.stream.el8

openstack-ironic (Red Hat package): before 23.1.1-0.20240405121030.2c16b52.el9

openshift-clients (Red Hat package): before 4.15.0-202404151212.p0.g62c4d45.assembly.stream.el8

openshift-ansible (Red Hat package): before 4.15.0-202404151212.p0.g1c9b99e.assembly.stream.el8

openshift (Red Hat package): before 4.15.0-202404151212.p0.g8974577.assembly.stream.el8

ignition (Red Hat package): before 2.16.2-2.2.rhaos4.15.el9

cri-tools (Red Hat package): before 1.28.0-3.2.el8

cri-o (Red Hat package): before 1.28.4-9.1.rhaos4.15.git74214e5.el8

conmon (Red Hat package): before 2.1.7-10.2.rhaos4.15.el9

buildah (Red Hat package): before 1.29.1-20.4.rhaos4.15.el8

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_openshift_container_platform:4.15.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:openshift4-aws-iso_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:golang-github-prometheus-promu_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:containernetworking-plugins_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:butane_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:skopeo_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:runc_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:python-sushy_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:python-netaddr_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:podman_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:ovn23.09_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:ose-aws-ecr-image-credential-provider_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:openstack-ironic_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:openshift-clients_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:openshift-ansible_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:openshift_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:ignition_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:cri-tools_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:cri-o_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:conmon_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:buildah_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1892

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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.