RHSA-2021:3642 - Security Advisory

Topic

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.6.46 is now available with
updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancements.

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 Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing
Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private
cloud deployments.

Security Fix(es):

• kubernetes: Symlink exchange can allow host filesystem access (CVE-2021-25741)

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 4.6 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 Console or the CLI oc command. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.6/updating/updating-cluster-between-minor.html#understanding-upgrade-channels_updating-cluster-between-minor

Solution

For OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 see the following documentation, which
will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how
to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update:

https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.6/release_notes/ocp-4-6-release-notes.html

Details on how to access this content are available at
https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.6/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html

Affected Products

• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 for RHEL 8 x86_64
• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Power 4.6 for RHEL 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Z and LinuxONE 4.6 for RHEL 8 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1993749 - CVE-2021-25741 kubernetes: Symlink exchange can allow host filesystem access

CVEs

• CVE-2021-25741

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important