Security Bulletin
Summary
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud is affected by a security vulnerability in the Kubernetes API server that exposes it to a denial of service attack via malicious YAML or JSON payloads (CVE-2019-11253).
Vulnerability Details
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11253
Description: The Kubernetes API server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a billion laughs attack, caused by an error when parsing YAML manifests. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168618 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
Remediation/Fixes
Updates for Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud clusters at version 3.11 are available that fix this vulnerability. Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud will attempt to automatically apply the fix to your cluster master. There is no need to update cluster worker nodes for this vulnerability.
To verify your Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud clusters are no longer exposed to this vulnerability, use the following IBM Cloud CLI command to confirm your cluster master version:
ibmcloud ks clusters
If your cluster masters are at the following version or later, they are no longer exposed to this vulnerability:
If one or more of your clusters has not had its master automatically updated then use the following IBM Cloud CLI command to complete the cluster master update.
ibmcloud ks cluster-update --cluster <cluster name or ID> --kube-version 3.11_openshift
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References
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
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Document Information
Modified date:
06 December 2019
UID
ibm11126071