SB2022092224 - SUSE update for kubevirt, virt-api-container, virt-controller-container, virt-handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt-libguestfs-tools-container, virt-operator-container
Published: September 22, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1798)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to read arbitrary files on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a logic issue in kubeVirt API. A remote user can use the kubeVirt API to provide access to host files (like /etc/passwd, for example) in a KubeVirt VM as a disk device that can be written to and read from.2) Overly permissive cross-domain whitelist (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1996)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass the CORS protection mechanism.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of the "Origin" HTTP header that is supplied within HTTP request. A remote attacker can supply arbitrary value via the "Origin" HTTP header, bypass implemented CORS protection mechanism and perform cross-site scripting attacks against the vulnerable application.
3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29162)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to containers are incorrectly started with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.