QID 770062

Date Published: 2021-07-14

QID 770062: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.40 Security and Bug Fix Update (RHSA-2021:2057)

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):
runc: vulnerable to symlink exchange attack (CVE-2021-30465)

Affected Products:
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 for RHEL 8 x86_64
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 for RHEL 7 x86_64
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Power 4.5 for RHEL 8 ppc64le
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Power 4.5 for RHEL 7 ppc64le
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Z and LinuxONE 4.5 for RHEL 8 s390x
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Z and LinuxONE 4.5 for RHEL 7 s390x

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

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6 severity.
  • Solution

    Customers are advised to upgrade to the latest patch level. Please refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:2057 to address this issue.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 770062

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:2057 Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2057?language=en