Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud is affected by a security vulnerability in the Kubernetes API server that could lead to a denial of service vulnerability from malicious YAML payloads (CVE-2019-11254)
CVEID: CVE-2019-11254
Description: Kubernetes is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in kube-apiserver. By sending a specially-crafted request using YAML payloads, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume excessive CPU cycles.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178935> for more information
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud 3.11.0-3.11.231
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 service 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 clusters are no longer exposed to this vulnerability, use the following IBM Cloud CLI command to confirm your cluster master versions:
ibmcloud oc clusters
If your cluster masters are at version 3.11.232 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 oc cluster master update --cluster <cluster name or ID> --version 3.11_openshift
Monitor the security notifications on the IBM Cloud Status page to be advised of future security bulletins.
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CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
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ibm cloud kubernetes service | eq | any |