- Issued:
- 2020-07-07
- Updated:
- 2020-07-07
RHSA-2020:2870 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0 servicemesh-cni security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update for servicemesh-cni is now available for OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0.
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 Service Mesh is Red Hat's distribution of the Istio service mesh project, tailored for installation into an on-premise OpenShift Container Platform installation.
Security Fix(es):
- kubernetes: YAML parsing vulnerable to "Billion Laughs" attack, allowing for remote denial of service (CVE-2019-11253)
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.
Solution
The OpenShift Service Mesh release notes provide information on the features and
known issues:
https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/latest/service_mesh/servicemesh-release-notes.html
Affected Products
- Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0 for RHEL 8 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1757701 - CVE-2019-11253 kubernetes: YAML parsing vulnerable to "Billion Laughs" attack, allowing for remote denial of service
CVEs
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0 for RHEL 8
SRPM | |
---|---|
servicemesh-cni-1.0.11-1.el8.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4f756b3a5910336a3568142cb6073ac3fc94fa127f119c1df39dcaa2908a3d31 |
x86_64 | |
servicemesh-cni-1.0.11-1.el8.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: aa02b95603b1b6f030a5ef41b39eb0ff7ad4b5552d15a672ac7cbf8f4bb76337 |
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