QID 770041

Date Published: 2021-06-21

QID 770041: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.6 Security Update (RHSA-2020:5159)

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)
golang: ReadUvarint and ReadVarint can read an unlimited number of bytes from invalid inputs (CVE-2020-16845)

Affected Products:
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 for RHEL 8 x86_64
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Power 4.6 for RHEL 8 ppc64le
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Z and LinuxONE 4.6 for RHEL 8 s390x

A successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute an arbitrary code on the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution

    Customers are advised to upgrade to the latest patch level. Please refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2020:5159 to address this issue.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 770041

    CVE-2020-16845 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2020:5159 Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5159?language=en
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