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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Important: Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers 8.1.1 security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2023:7709-03
Product:            Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7709
Issue date:         2023-12-11
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2023-5528
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Summary: 

The components for Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers 8.1.1 are now available. This product release includes bug fixes and security updates for the following packages: windows-machine-config-operator and windows-machine-config-operator-bundle.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.




Description:

Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers allows you to deploy Windows container workloads running on Windows Server containers.

Security Fix(es):

* kubernetes: Insufficient input sanitization in in-tree storage plugin leads to privilege escalation on Windows nodes (CVE-2023-5528)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.


Solution:

https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/latest/windows_containers/windows-node-upgrades.html



CVEs:

CVE-2023-5528

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247163
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-20259
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-21768
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-22748
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/WINC-1153