Issued:
2021-05-26
Updated:
2021-05-26

RHSA-2021:2057 - Important: OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.40 security and bug fix update

Synopsis

Important: OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.40 security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.5.40 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs.

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 RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.40. See the following advisory for the container images for this release:

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:2056

The runC tool is a lightweight, portable implementation of the Open Container Format (OCF) that provides container runtime.

Security Fix(es):

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

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.

All OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 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 at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.5/updating/updating-cluster-between-minor.html#understanding-upgrade-channels_updating-cluster-between-minor

Solution

For OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update:

https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.5/release_notes/ocp-4-5-release-notes.html

Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.5/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform4.5x86_64
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform4.5x86_64
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Power4.5ppc64le
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Power4.5ppc64le
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Z and LinuxONE4.5s390x
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Z and LinuxONE4.5s390x

Updated Packages

  • openshift-hyperkube-4.5.0-202105121820.p0.git.d8ef5ad.el8.ppc64le.rpm
  • runc-debuginfo-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el8.ppc64le.rpm
  • runc-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el8.s390x.rpm
  • runc-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el8.ppc64le.rpm
  • runc-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el7.src.rpm
  • runc-debugsource-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el8.x86_64.rpm
  • runc-debuginfo-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el7.s390x.rpm
  • runc-debuginfo-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el8.s390x.rpm
  • openshift-hyperkube-4.5.0-202105121820.p0.git.d8ef5ad.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • runc-debuginfo-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • runc-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el8.src.rpm
  • runc-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el8.x86_64.rpm
  • openshift-4.5.0-202105121820.p0.git.d8ef5ad.el7.src.rpm
  • openshift-4.5.0-202105121820.p0.git.d8ef5ad.el8.src.rpm
  • runc-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el7.s390x.rpm
  • runc-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • openshift-hyperkube-4.5.0-202105121820.p0.git.d8ef5ad.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • runc-debuginfo-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • openshift-hyperkube-4.5.0-202105121820.p0.git.d8ef5ad.el7.s390x.rpm
  • runc-debuginfo-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el8.x86_64.rpm
  • runc-debugsource-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el8.s390x.rpm
  • runc-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • openshift-hyperkube-4.5.0-202105121820.p0.git.d8ef5ad.el8.s390x.rpm
  • openshift-hyperkube-4.5.0-202105121820.p0.git.d8ef5ad.el8.x86_64.rpm
  • runc-debugsource-1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el8.ppc64le.rpm

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