Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability affects IBM Cloud Private Kubernetes (CVE-2019-11245)

Summary

A Security Vulnerability affects IBM Cloud Private Kubernetes

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-11245
**DESCRIPTION:**In kubelet v1.13.6 and v1.14.2, containers for pods that do not specify an explicit runAsUser attempt to run as uid 0 (root) on container restart, or if the image was previously pulled to the node. If the pod specified mustRunAsNonRoot: true, the kubelet will refuse to start the container as root. If the pod did not specify mustRunAsNonRoot: true, the kubelet will run the container as uid 0.
CVSS Base score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161858 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product defect fixes and security updates are only available for the two most recent Continuous Delivery (CD) update packages

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.0
• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1

For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.0, apply October fix pack:

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.0.1910 fix pack

For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1, apply October fix pack:

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1.1910 fix pack

For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2:

• Upgrade to the latest Continuous Delivery (CD) update package, IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1.
• If required, individual product fixes can be made available between CD update packages for resolution of problems. Contact IBM support for assistance

Workarounds and Mitigations

None