Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.70 security update
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.70 includes security updates addressing two vulnerabilities in the python-waitress component. The first is a race condition in HTTP pipelining with an invalid first request (CVE-2024-49768). The second is a denial of service vulnerability causing high CPU usage and resource exhaustion (CVE-2024-49769). These issues affect OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 deployments on various architectures and require updating to the fixed packages and images provided by Red Hat.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory addresses two security vulnerabilities in the python-waitress server used by Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12. The first vulnerability (CVE-2024-49768) is a race condition during HTTP request processing involving pipelining with an invalid first request. The second vulnerability (CVE-2024-49769) allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by triggering high CPU usage and resource exhaustion. Red Hat has released updated RPM packages and container images in OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.70 to remediate these issues. Users are advised to upgrade their clusters using the OpenShift CLI or web console following Red Hat's documented procedures.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service conditions in OpenShift Container Platform environments by causing high CPU usage and resource exhaustion. The race condition in HTTP pipelining may also affect request processing reliability. These issues impact the stability and availability of affected OpenShift clusters.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages and container images in OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.70 that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should upgrade to these updated versions as soon as they are available in their release channel. The vendor provides detailed upgrade instructions via the OpenShift CLI or web console. Patch status is confirmed with an official fix available. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.70 security update
Description
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.70 includes security updates addressing two vulnerabilities in the python-waitress component. The first is a race condition in HTTP pipelining with an invalid first request (CVE-2024-49768). The second is a denial of service vulnerability causing high CPU usage and resource exhaustion (CVE-2024-49769). These issues affect OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 deployments on various architectures and require updating to the fixed packages and images provided by Red Hat.
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Technical Analysis
This advisory addresses two security vulnerabilities in the python-waitress server used by Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12. The first vulnerability (CVE-2024-49768) is a race condition during HTTP request processing involving pipelining with an invalid first request. The second vulnerability (CVE-2024-49769) allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by triggering high CPU usage and resource exhaustion. Red Hat has released updated RPM packages and container images in OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.70 to remediate these issues. Users are advised to upgrade their clusters using the OpenShift CLI or web console following Red Hat's documented procedures.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service conditions in OpenShift Container Platform environments by causing high CPU usage and resource exhaustion. The race condition in HTTP pipelining may also affect request processing reliability. These issues impact the stability and availability of affected OpenShift clusters.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages and container images in OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.70 that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should upgrade to these updated versions as soon as they are available in their release channel. The vendor provides detailed upgrade instructions via the OpenShift CLI or web console. Patch status is confirmed with an official fix available. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:10535
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-49769"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a483cbb27e9c79719d82fec
Added to database: 07/03/2026, 22:50:35 UTC
Last enriched: 07/03/2026, 23:06:19 UTC
Last updated: 07/03/2026, 23:51:12 UTC
Views: 4
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