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Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1203-03
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1203-03 - The components for Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers 9.0.1 are now available. This product release includes bug fixes and security updates for the following packages: windows-machine-config-operator and windows-machine-config-operator-bundle. Issues addressed include a privilege escalation vulnerability.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers 9.0.1 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2024:1203-03
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1203
Issue date: 2024-03-07
Revision: 03
CVE Names: CVE-2023-5528
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Summary:
The components for Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers 9.0.1 are now available. This product release includes bug fixes and security updates for the following packages: windows-machine-config-operator and
windows-machine-config-operator-bundle.
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 for Windows Containers allows you to deploy Windows container workloads running on Windows Server containers.
Security Fix(es):
- kubernetes: Insufficient input sanitization in in-tree storage plugin leads to privilege escalation on Windows nodes (CVE-2023-5528)
Solution:
CVEs:
CVE-2023-5528
References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247163
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-22984
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-24748
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-27045
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-27046
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-27240
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-28226
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-28847
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