Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.17.2 packages and security update
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 4.17.2. See the following advisory for the container images for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8229 Security Fix(es): * encoding/gob: golang: Calling Decoder.Decode on a message which contains deeply nested structures can cause a panic due to stack exhaustion (CVE-2024-34156) * github.com/jaraco/zipp: Denial of Service (infinite loop) via crafted zip file in jaraco/zipp (CVE-2024-5569) * go/parser: golang: Calling any of the Parse functions containing deeply nested literals can cause a panic/stack exhaustion (CVE-2024-34155) * go/build/constraint: golang: Calling Parse on a "// +build" build tag line with deeply nested expressions can cause a panic due to stack exhaustion (CVE-2024-34158) 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. All OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating_a_cluster/updating-cluster-cli.html
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers security updates for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.19 and 4.17.2. The key vulnerabilities include CVE-2024-5569, a denial of service caused by an infinite loop in the jaraco/zipp library when processing crafted zip files; CVE-2024-9676, a symlink traversal vulnerability in the containers/storage library used by Podman, Buildah, and CRI-O that can cause denial of service; and CVE-2024-24790, an issue in golang's net/netip package where Is methods behave unexpectedly for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses. Red Hat has rated the impact as moderate to important and has released RPM packages and container images with fixes. Users are advised to upgrade to OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.19 or 4.17.2 accordingly.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can cause denial of service conditions in affected OpenShift Container Platform deployments. Specifically, CVE-2024-5569 can trigger an infinite loop leading to resource exhaustion, CVE-2024-9676 can cause denial of service via symlink traversal in container storage operations, and CVE-2024-24790 can cause unexpected behavior in IP address handling which may affect network operations. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates fixing these vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.16.19 and 4.17.2. Users should upgrade to these versions or later as soon as they are available via the appropriate release channels. Upgrades can be performed using the OpenShift CLI or web console following Red Hat's documented procedures. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the official patches.
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.17.2 packages and security update
Description
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 4.17.2. See the following advisory for the container images for this release: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8229 Security Fix(es): * encoding/gob: golang: Calling Decoder.Decode on a message which contains deeply nested structures can cause a panic due to stack exhaustion (CVE-2024-34156) * github.com/jaraco/zipp: Denial of Service (infinite loop) via crafted zip file in jaraco/zipp (CVE-2024-5569) * go/parser: golang: Calling any of the Parse functions containing deeply nested literals can cause a panic/stack exhaustion (CVE-2024-34155) * go/build/constraint: golang: Calling Parse on a "// +build" build tag line with deeply nested expressions can cause a panic due to stack exhaustion (CVE-2024-34158) 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. All OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating_a_cluster/updating-cluster-cli.html
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers security updates for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.19 and 4.17.2. The key vulnerabilities include CVE-2024-5569, a denial of service caused by an infinite loop in the jaraco/zipp library when processing crafted zip files; CVE-2024-9676, a symlink traversal vulnerability in the containers/storage library used by Podman, Buildah, and CRI-O that can cause denial of service; and CVE-2024-24790, an issue in golang's net/netip package where Is methods behave unexpectedly for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses. Red Hat has rated the impact as moderate to important and has released RPM packages and container images with fixes. Users are advised to upgrade to OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.19 or 4.17.2 accordingly.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can cause denial of service conditions in affected OpenShift Container Platform deployments. Specifically, CVE-2024-5569 can trigger an infinite loop leading to resource exhaustion, CVE-2024-9676 can cause denial of service via symlink traversal in container storage operations, and CVE-2024-24790 can cause unexpected behavior in IP address handling which may affect network operations. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates fixing these vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.16.19 and 4.17.2. Users should upgrade to these versions or later as soon as they are available via the appropriate release channels. Upgrades can be performed using the OpenShift CLI or web console following Red Hat's documented procedures. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the official patches.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:8418
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-9676","CVE-2024-24790"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a1df669e29bf47b50461dd8
Added to database: 06/01/2026, 21:15:21 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 23:22:20 UTC
Last updated: 08/24/2026, 22:52:03 UTC
Views: 138
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