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Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7606-03
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7606-03 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.13.25 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancements.
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https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_7606.json
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.25 packages and security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:7606-03
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7606
Issue date: 2023-12-06
Revision: 03
CVE Names: CVE-2023-40225
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Summary:
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.13.25 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 4.13.
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:
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 4.13.25. See the following advisory for the container images for this release:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7604
Security Fix(es):
- haproxy: Proxy forwards malformed empty Content-Length headers (CVE-2023-40225)
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 4.13 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/4.13/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
Solution:
https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.13/release_notes/ocp-4-13-release-notes.html
CVEs:
CVE-2023-40225
References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2231370
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HAProxy through 2.0.32, 2.1.x and 2.2.x through 2.2.30, 2.3.x and 2.4.x through 2.4.23, 2.5.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.15, 2.7.x before 2.7.10, and 2.8.x before 2.8.2 forwards empty Content-Length headers, violating RFC 9110 section 8.6. In uncommon cases, an HTTP/1 server behind HAProxy may interpret the payload as an extra request.