CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
60.6%
The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-12564 advisory.
Users may be able to launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the ServiceAccount admission plugin when using ephemeral containers. The policy ensures pods running with a service account may only reference secrets specified in the service account’s secrets field. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ServiceAccount admission plugin and the kubernetes.io/enforce- mountable-secrets
annotation are used together with ephemeral containers. (CVE-2023-2728)
Users may be able to launch containers using images that are restricted by ImagePolicyWebhook when using ephemeral containers. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ImagePolicyWebhook admission plugin is used together with ephemeral containers. (CVE-2023-2727)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-12564.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(177895);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/08/02");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-2727", "CVE-2023-2728");
script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 8 : kubernetes (ELSA-2023-12564)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
ELSA-2023-12564 advisory.
- Users may be able to launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the
ServiceAccount admission plugin when using ephemeral containers. The policy ensures pods running with a
service account may only reference secrets specified in the service account's secrets field. Kubernetes
clusters are only affected if the ServiceAccount admission plugin and the `kubernetes.io/enforce-
mountable-secrets` annotation are used together with ephemeral containers. (CVE-2023-2728)
- Users may be able to launch containers using images that are restricted by ImagePolicyWebhook when using
ephemeral containers. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ImagePolicyWebhook admission plugin is
used together with ephemeral containers. (CVE-2023-2727)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-12564.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-2728");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/07/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/07/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/07/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::olcne16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kubeadm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kubectl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kubelet");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-agent");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-api-server");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-calico-chart");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-gluster-chart");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-grafana-chart");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-istio-chart");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-metallb-chart");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-multus-chart");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-nginx");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-oci-ccm-chart");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-olm-chart");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-prometheus-chart");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcne-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:olcnectl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:yq");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/local_checks_enabled");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/OracleLinux')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Oracle Linux');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux 8', 'Oracle Linux ' + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Oracle Linux', cpu);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, 'x86_64', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'kubeadm-1.25.11-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kubectl-1.25.11-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kubelet-1.25.11-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-agent-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-api-server-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-calico-chart-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-gluster-chart-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-grafana-chart-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-istio-chart-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-metallb-chart-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-multus-chart-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-nginx-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-oci-ccm-chart-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-olm-chart-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-prometheus-chart-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcne-utils-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'olcnectl-1.6.2-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'yq-4.34.1-1.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var reference = NULL;
var _release = NULL;
var sp = NULL;
var _cpu = NULL;
var el_string = NULL;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
var epoch = NULL;
var allowmaj = NULL;
var exists_check = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = 'EL' + package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
if (reference && _release) {
if (exists_check) {
if (rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check) && rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
} else {
if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
}
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'kubeadm / kubectl / kubelet / etc');
}