Issued:
2019-10-16
Updated:
2019-10-16

RHSA-2019:3132 - Important: OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.20 openshift security update

Synopsis

Important: OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.20 openshift security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for openshift is now available for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments.

This advisory contains the openshift RPM package for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.20.

Security Fix(es):

  • kubernetes: YAML parsing vulnerable to "Billion Laughs" attack, allowing for remote denial of service (CVE-2019-11253)

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.

Solution

For OpenShift Container Platform 4.1 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for release 4.1.20, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update:

https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.1/release_notes/ocp-4-1-release-notes.html

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform4.1x86_64
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform4.1x86_64

Updated Packages

  • openshift-4.1.20-201910101746.git.0.a80aad5.el7.src.rpm
  • openshift-hyperkube-4.1.20-201910101746.git.0.a80aad5.el8.x86_64.rpm
  • openshift-hyperkube-4.1.20-201910101746.git.0.a80aad5.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • openshift-4.1.20-201910101746.git.0.a80aad5.el8.src.rpm
  • openshift-clients-4.1.20-201910101746.git.0.a80aad5.el8.x86_64.rpm
  • openshift-clients-redistributable-4.1.20-201910101746.git.0.a80aad5.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • openshift-clients-redistributable-4.1.20-201910101746.git.0.a80aad5.el8.x86_64.rpm
  • openshift-clients-4.1.20-201910101746.git.0.a80aad5.el7.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information