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Medium SUSE-RU-2020:2204-1 1 CVE

Bugfixes on cilium, gangway and skuba and security fix for Kubernetes (cve-2020-8557)

Published Aug 11, 2020 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Summary

= Required Actions

== Kubernetes (Security fix)

This fix will be applied to the kubelet daemon running on the nodes by `skuba-update`.
See https://documentation.suse.com/suse-caasp/4.2/html/caasp-admin/_cluster_updates.html#_base_os_updates for more details.
Make sure you look at the Release Notes https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-CAASP/4/#_changes_in_4_2_2 for any known bug.

== Cilium Bugfix

Cilium will be updated by `skuba addon upgrade`. No action is required from your side.
For more info see https://documentation.suse.com/suse-caasp/4.2/html/caasp-admin/_cluster_updates.html#_generating_an_overview_of_available_addon_updates

== Gangway bugfix

Gangway will be updated by `skuba addon upgrade`. No action is required from your side.
For more info see https://documentation.suse.com/suse-caasp/4.2/html/caasp-admin/_cluster_updates.html#_generating_an_overview_of_available_addon_updates
== Skuba

In order to update skuba, you need to update the admin workstation.
See detailed instructions at https://documentation.suse.com/suse-caasp/4.1/html/caasp-admin/_cluster_updates.html#_update_management_workstation

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
SUSE · SLES 15 SP1 Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP1 kubernetes 1.17.4-4.18.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.5

    Kubernetes node disk Denial of Service by writing to container /etc/hosts

    The Kubernetes kubelet component in versions 1.1-1.16.12, 1.17.0-1.17.8 and 1.18.0-1.18.5 do not account for disk usage by a pod which writes to its own /etc/hosts file. The /etc/hosts file mounted in a pod by kubelet is not included by the kubelet eviction m…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.suse.com/1146991
  • report
    https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173039
  • report
    https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173055
  • report
    https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173165
  • report
    https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173984
  • web
    https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8557