Issued:

2023-10-23

Updated:

2023-10-23

RHSA-2023:6048 - Important: ACS 4.2 enhancement and security update

Synopsis

Important: ACS 4.2 enhancement and security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Updated images are now available for Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security. The updated image includes new features and bug fixes.

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

This release of RHACS 4.2.2 includes fixes for the following security vulnerabilities:

Security Fix(es):

• golang: net/http, x/net/http2: rapid stream resets can cause excessive work (CVE-2023-44487) (CVE-2023-39325)

• HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack) (CVE-2023-44487)

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.

It contains the following bug fixes and changes:

• Previously, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform customers using the downloaded manifest bundle with automatic upgrades enabled found that Sensor did not automatically upgrade, and failed with a PRE_FLIGHT_CHECKS_FAILED error. This issue has been fixed. (ROX-19955)

• RHACS 4.2.2 includes a new default policy called "Rapid Reset: Denial of Service Vulnerability in HTTP/2 Protocol". This policy alerts on deployments with images containing components that are susceptible to a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability for HTTP/2 servers, based on CVE-2023-44487 and CVE-2023-39325. This policy applies to the build or deploy life cycle stage.

Solution

If you are using an earlier version of RHACS 4.2, you are advised to upgrade to patch release 4.2.2.

Affected Products

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 2242803
• This content is not included.BZ - 2243296
• This content is not included.ROX-20325

CVEs

• CVE-2023-3341
• CVE-2023-4527
• CVE-2023-4806
• CVE-2023-4813
• CVE-2023-4911
• CVE-2023-39325
• CVE-2023-44487

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_advanced_cluster_security_for_kubernetes/4.2/html/release_notes/release-notes-42
• This content is not included.This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2023-003

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.