SB2024011872 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 



SB2024011872 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

Published: January 18, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024011872
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6476)

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

The vulnerability exists due to unchecked access to an experimental annotation. A remote user can use the cgroupv2 and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack by consuming all available memory resources.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-47108)

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

The vulnerability exists due to grpc Unary Server Interceptor does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing multiple requests. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.