rhsa-2020_5159
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2020-11-30 15:06
Modified
2024-11-13 22:17
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.6 security update

Notes

Topic
An update for faq is now available for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. 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.
Details
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. Security Fix(es): * golang: ReadUvarint and ReadVarint can read an unlimited number of bytes from invalid inputs (CVE-2020-16845) 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.
Terms of Use
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