QID 242335

Date Published: 2023-11-08

QID 242335: Red Hat Update for podman security (RHSA-2023:6474)

The podman tool manages pods, container images, and containers.
It is part of the libpod library, which is for applications that use container pods.
Container pods is a concept in kubernetes...Security Fix(es):

    golang: html/template: improper handling of javascript whitespace (cve-2023-24540).
    Net/http, golang.org/x/net/http2: avoid quadratic complexity in hpack decoding (cve-2022-41723).
    Golang: crypto/tls: large handshake records may cause panics (cve-2022-41724).
    Golang: net/http, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (cve-2022-41725).
    Golang.org/x/net/html: cross site scripting (cve-2023-3978).
    Golang: net/http, net/textproto: denial of service from excessive memory allocation (cve-2023-24534).
    Golang: net/http, net/textproto, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (cve-2023-24536).
    Golang: go/parser: infinite loop in parsing (cve-2023-24537).
    Golang: html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters (cve-2023-24538).
    Golang: html/template: improper sanitization of css values (cve-2023-24539).
    Containerd: supplementary groups are not set up properly (cve-2023-25173).
    Golang: html/template: improper handling of empty html attributes (cve-2023-29400).
    Golang: net/http: insufficient sanitization of host header (cve-2023-29406).
Affected Products:
    Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 9 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 9 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 9 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for arm 64 9 aarch64.
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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2023:6474 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 242335

    CVE-2022-41723 | CVE-2022-41724 | CVE-2022-41725 | CVE-2023-3978 | CVE-2023-24534 | CVE-2023-24536 | CVE-2023-24537 | CVE-2023-24538 | CVE-2023-24539 | CVE-2023-24540 | CVE-2023-25173 | CVE-2023-29400 | CVE-2023-29406 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2023:6474 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6474
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