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CVE-2018-1102

Description

A flaw was found in source-to-image function as shipped with Openshift Enterprise 3.x. An improper path validation of tar files in ExtractTarStreamFromTarReader in tar/tar.go leads to privilege escalation.

Statement

Package source-to-image as shipped in Red Hat Software Collections has been rated as Important, because it allows an attacker to get access to the victim's machine, but it requires user interaction.

Mitigation

Customers can turn off the source-to-image (S2I) build strategy to prevent access to the exploitable function. Information about how to disable the source-to-image build strategy is in the product documentation.

* Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.0 - https://docs.openshift.com/enterprise/3.0/admin_guide/securing_builds.html#disabling-a-build-strategy-globally
* Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 - https://docs.openshift.com/enterprise/3.1/admin_guide/securing_builds.html#disabling-a-build-strategy-globally
* Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 - https://docs.openshift.com/enterprise/3.2/admin_guide/securing_builds.html#disabling-a-build-strategy-globally
* Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.3 - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/3.3/html/cluster_administration/admin-guide-securing-builds
* Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.4 - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/3.4/html/cluster_administration/admin-guide-securing-builds
* Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.5 - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/3.5/html/cluster_administration/admin-guide-securing-builds
* Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.6 - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/3.6/html/cluster_administration/admin-guide-securing-builds
* Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.7 - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/3.7/html/cluster_administration/admin-guide-securing-builds
* OpenShift Enterprise 3.8 is not a production version (only for upgrades).
* Disabling S2I in OpenShift Enterprise 3.9 - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/3.9/html/cluster_administration/admin-guide-securing-builds

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score9.98.8N/A
Attack VectorNetworkNetworkN/A
Attack ComplexityLowLowN/A
Privileges RequiredLowLowN/A
User InteractionNoneNoneN/A
ScopeChangedUnchangedN/A
ConfidentialityHighHighN/A
Integrity ImpactHighHighN/A
Availability ImpactHighHighN/A

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Michael Hanselmann (hansmi.ch) for reporting this issue.

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