SB2024121838 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14



SB2024121838 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

Published: December 18, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024121838
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 33% Low 67%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21538)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.


2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38564)

The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improper checks within with bpf_prog_attach_check_attach_type() function in kernel/bpf/syscall.c. A local user can bypass certain security restrictions.


3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40989)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the vgic_v3_free_redist_region() and vgic_v3_set_redist_base() functions in arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c, within the kvm_vgic_dist_destroy() function in arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.