QID 239212

Date Published: 2021-04-08

QID 239212: Red Hat Update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.5 (RHSA-2021:1006)

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computingKubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or privatecloud deployments.This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift ContainerPlatform 4.7.5. See the following advisory for the container images forthis release:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1005 All OpenShift Container Platform 4.7 users are advised to upgrade to theseupdated packages and images when they are available in the appropriaterelease channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift Consoleor the CLI oc command. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are availableathttps://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.7/updating/updating-cluster-between-minor.html#understanding-upgrade-channels_updating-cluster-between-minor

Security Fix(es): gogo/protobuf: plugin/unmarshal/unmarshal.go lacks certain index validation (CVE-2021-3121)

Affected Products:

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7 for RHEL 8 x86_64
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7 for RHEL 7 x86_64
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Power 4.7 for RHEL 8 ppc64le
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Z and LinuxONE 4.7 for RHEL 8 s390x

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On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.6 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:1006 to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239212

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:1006 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1006?language=en