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Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-7944-03
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-7944-03 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.16.17 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancements. Issues addressed include a remote SQL injection vulnerability.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.17 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2024:7944-03
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7944
Issue date: 2024-10-16
Revision: 03
CVE Names: CVE-2024-27289
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Summary:
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.16.17 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancements.
This release includes a security update for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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:
RRed 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 container images for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.17. See the following advisory for the RPM packages for this release:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:7947
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:
https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html
Security Fix(es):
- pgx: SQL Injection via Line Comment Creation (CVE-2024-27289)
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 4.16 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 CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating_a_cluster/updating-cluster-cli.html
Solution:
CVEs:
CVE-2024-27289
References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2268465
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-33673
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-37615
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-38458
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-39017
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-39379
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-41256
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-41293
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-41334
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-41551
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-42342
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-42431
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-42720
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