SB2022053117 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.10
Published: May 31, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1677)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling entries in cluster router's HAProxy configuration files. A remote user with permissions to create or modify Routes can insert a malformed entry into configuration files that match any arbitrary hostname or all hostnames in the cluster, and direct traffic to an arbitrary application within the cluster, including the application under attacker's control.
2) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24801)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to preform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests within the twisted.web.http module. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.