RedHat: RHSA-2020-2863:01 Important: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0
Summary
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh is Red Hat's distribution of the Istio
service mesh project, tailored for installation into an on-premise
OpenShift Container Platform installation.
Security Fix(es):
* kubernetes: YAML parsing vulnerable to "Billion Laughs" attack, allowing
for remote denial of service (CVE-2019-11253)
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.
Summary
Solution
The OpenShift Service Mesh release notes provide information on the
features and known issues:
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11253 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0:
Source:
servicemesh-prometheus-2.7.2-36.el8.src.rpm
x86_64:
servicemesh-prometheus-2.7.2-36.el8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for servicemesh-prometheus is now available for OpenShift ServiceMesh 1.0.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0 - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1757701 - CVE-2019-11253 kubernetes: YAML parsing vulnerable to "Billion Laughs" attack, allowing for remote denial of service
