PT-2020-14905 · Red Hat · Openshift Enterprise

Joseph Lamagna-Reiter + 1 · Published 2020-03-09 · Updated 2023-02-12 · CVE-2020-1706

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions openshift-enterprise versions 3.11 openshift-enterprise versions 4.1 through 4.3

Description A security issue has been discovered where multiple containers in the affected versions modify the permissions of /etc/passwd, allowing users other than root to modify it. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to add a user and escalate their privileges.

Recommendations For openshift-enterprise version 3.11, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For openshift-enterprise versions 4.1 through 4.3, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the containers to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-1706

Affected Products

Openshift Enterprise

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1706 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1706 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1706 · Vendor Advisory