Synopsis

Important: openshift security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

Updated openshift packages that fix one security issue are now available
for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.

Description

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise is a cloud computing Platform-as-a-Service
(PaaS) solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments.

An improper permission check issue was discovered in the server admission
control component in OpenShift. A user with build permissions could use
this flaw to execute arbitrary shell commands on a build pod with the
privileges of the root user. (CVE-2015-5222)

This issue was discovered by Cesar Wong of the Red Hat OpenShift
Enterprise Team.

All OpenShift Enterprise users are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which correct this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.0.0.0 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1255120 - CVE-2015-5222 OpenShift3: Exec operations should be forbidden to privileged pods such as builder pods

CVEs

• CVE-2015-5222

References