CVE-2018-14632

atomic-openshift: oc patch with json causes masterapi service crash

Severity Score

7.7

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An out of bound write can occur when patching an Openshift object using the 'oc patch' functionality in OpenShift Container Platform before 3.7. An attacker can use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack on the Openshift master api service which provides cluster management.

Puede ocurrir una escritura fuera de límites al parchear un objeto Openshift mediante la funcionalidad "oc patch" en OpenShift Container Platform, en versiones anteriores a la 3.7. Un atacante puede emplear este error para provocar un ataque de denegación de servicio (DoS) en el servicio de la API maestra de Openshift que gestiona los clústeres.

An out of bounds write can occur when patching an Openshift object using the 'oc patch' functionality in OpenShift Container Platform 3.x. An attacker can use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack on the Openshift master API service which provides cluster management.

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9.51. Issues addressed include a crash vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-07-27 CVE Reserved
2018-09-06 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14632	2023-02-07
https://github.com/evanphx/json-patch/commit/4c9aadca8f89e349c999f04e28199e96e81aba03#diff-65c563bba473be9d94ce4d033f74810e	2023-02-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:2652	2023-02-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2654	2023-02-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2709	2023-02-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2906	2023-02-07
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2908	2023-02-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14632	2018-11-20
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1625885	2018-11-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Container Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform"				<= 3.7 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform" and version " <= 3.7"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Container Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform"				3.9 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform" and version "3.9"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Container Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform"				3.10 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform" and version "3.10"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Container Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform"				3.11 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Container Platform" and version "3.11"		-		Affected
Starcounter-jack Search vendor "Starcounter-jack"		Json-patch Search vendor "Starcounter-jack" for product "Json-patch"				-		-		Affected