QID 239750

Date Published: 2021-11-03

QID 239750: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 542 Security Update (RHSA-2021:3915)

Red Hat openshift container platform is Red Hat's cloud computing kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments.

Security Fix(es):
  • kubernetes: node disk dos by writing to container /etc/hosts

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat openshift container platform 3.11 x86_64
  • Red Hat openshift container platform for power 3.11 ppc64le



Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.1 severity.
    • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch.

    Refer to Refer to :
    Applying Package Updates to RHEL system     for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:3915 Update to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239750

    CVE-2020-8557 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:3915 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3915
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