First published: Tue Jul 27 2021(Updated: )
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments.<br>For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.<br>This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8.2. See the following advisory for the RPM packages for this release:<br><a href="https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2437" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2437</a> Space precludes documenting all of the container images in this advisory. See the following Release Notes documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for details about these changes:<br><a href="https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.8/release_notes/ocp-4-8-release-notes.html" target="_blank">https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.8/release_notes/ocp-4-8-release-notes.html</a> Security Fix(es):<br><li> SSL/TLS: Birthday attack against 64-bit block ciphers (SWEET32) (CVE-2016-2183)</li> <li> gogo/protobuf: plugin/unmarshal/unmarshal.go lacks certain index validation (CVE-2021-3121)</li> <li> nodejs-y18n: prototype pollution vulnerability (CVE-2020-7774)</li> <li> etcd: Large slice causes panic in decodeRecord method (CVE-2020-15106)</li> <li> etcd: DoS in wal/wal.go (CVE-2020-15112)</li> <li> etcd: directories created via os.MkdirAll are not checked for permissions (CVE-2020-15113)</li> <li> etcd: gateway can include itself as an endpoint resulting in resource exhaustion and leads to DoS (CVE-2020-15114)</li> <li> etcd: no authentication is performed against endpoints provided in the --endpoints flag (CVE-2020-15136)</li> <li> jwt-go: access restriction bypass vulnerability (CVE-2020-26160)</li> <li> nodejs-glob-parent: Regular expression denial of service (CVE-2020-28469)</li> <li> nodejs-lodash: ReDoS via the toNumber, trim and trimEnd functions (CVE-2020-28500)</li> <li> golang.org/x/text: Panic in language.ParseAcceptLanguage while processing bcp47 tag (CVE-2020-28852)</li> <li> golang: crypto/elliptic: incorrect operations on the P-224 curve (CVE-2021-3114)</li> <li> containernetworking-cni: Arbitrary path injection via type field in CNI configuration (CVE-2021-20206)</li> <li> containers/storage: DoS via malicious image (CVE-2021-20291)</li> <li> prometheus: open redirect under the /new endpoint (CVE-2021-29622)</li> <li> golang: x/net/html: infinite loop in ParseFragment (CVE-2021-33194)</li> <li> go.elastic.co/apm: leaks sensitive HTTP headers during panic (CVE-2021-22133)</li> Space precludes listing in detail the following additional CVEs fixes: (CVE-2021-27292), (CVE-2021-28092), (CVE-2021-29059), (CVE-2021-23382), (CVE-2021-26539), (CVE-2021-26540), (CVE-2021-23337), (CVE-2021-23362) and (CVE-2021-23368)<br>For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.<br>Additional Changes:<br>You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata as follows:<br>(For x86_64 architecture)<br>$ oc adm release info quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release:4.8.2-x86_64<br>The image digest is ssha256:0e82d17ababc79b10c10c5186920232810aeccbccf2a74c691487090a2c98ebc<br>(For s390x architecture)<br>$ oc adm release info quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release:4.8.2-s390x<br>The image digest is sha256:a284c5c3fa21b06a6a65d82be1dc7e58f378aa280acd38742fb167a26b91ecb5<br>(For ppc64le architecture)<br>$ oc adm release info quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release:4.8.2-ppc64le<br>The image digest is sha256:da989b8e28bccadbb535c2b9b7d3597146d14d254895cd35f544774f374cdd0f<br>All OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift Console or the CLI oc command. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available<br>at <a href="https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.8/updating/updating-cluster-between-minor.html#understanding-upgrade-channels_updating-cluster-between-minor" target="_blank">https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.8/updating/updating-cluster-between-minor.html#understanding-upgrade-channels_updating-cluster-between-minor</a>
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The severity of RHSA-2021:2438 is rated as high due to the potential impact on system security and stability.
To fix RHSA-2021:2438, you should apply the relevant patches or updates provided by Red Hat for OpenShift Container Platform.
RHSA-2021:2438 affects the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform deployed in on-premise or private cloud environments.
RHSA-2021:2438 addresses multiple security vulnerabilities that can lead to unauthorized access and potential data breaches.
While applying patches is the best solution, temporary workarounds may involve modifying configurations to mitigate risks until patches can be applied.