Important: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.11.5

Synopsis

Important: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.11.5

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.11.5

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

The cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift builds on top of Kubernetes, introducing certificate authorities and certificates as first-class resource types in the Kubernetes API. This makes it possible to provide certificates-as-a-service to developers working within your Kubernetes cluster.

Security Fix(es):

  • golang: net/http, x/net/http2: rapid stream resets can cause excessive work (Rapid Reset Attack) (CVE-2023-39325)

A Red Hat Security Bulletin which addresses further details about the Rapid Reset flaw is available in the References section.

  • golang: crypto/tls: slow verification of certificate chains containing large RSA keys (CVE-2023-29409)

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

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.11 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2228743 - CVE-2023-29409 golang: crypto/tls: slow verification of certificate chains containing large RSA keys
  • BZ - 2243296 - CVE-2023-39325 golang: net/http, x/net/http2: rapid stream resets can cause excessive work (CVE-2023-44487)
  • CM-214 - [cert-manager-1.11] Cert-manager-operator pod has incorrect nodeaffinitiy config
  • CM-180 - [z-stream release] Bump operator to cert-manager 1.11.5