PT-2020-14903 · Red Hat+1 · Openshift Service Mesh+1

Published 2020-02-17 · Updated 2022-01-01 · CVE-2020-1704

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenShift ServiceMesh (maistra) versions prior to 1.0.8

Description A flaw was discovered in the /etc/passwd file, allowing an attacker with access to the container to modify it and potentially escalate their privileges. This issue affects the openshift/istio-kialia-rhel7-operator-container.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.8, update to version 1.0.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the container to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-266

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-1704

Affected Products

Istio

Openshift Service Mesh

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1704 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1704 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1704 · Vendor Advisory