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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:3860 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2019-11-12
Updated:
2019-11-12

RHSA-2019:3860 - Security Advisory

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  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: redhat-release-virtualization-host and redhat-virtualization-host update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for redhat-release-virtualization-host and redhat-virtualization-host is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUS.

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 redhat-virtualization-host packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization Host. These packages include redhat-release-virtualization-host, ovirt-node, and rhev-hypervisor. Red Hat Virtualization Hosts (RHVH) are installed using a special build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with only the packages required to host virtual machines. RHVH features a Cockpit user interface for monitoring the host's resources and performing administrative tasks.

The ovirt-node-ng packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization Host. These packages include redhat-release-virtualization-host, ovirt-node, and rhev-hypervisor. Red Hat Virtualization Hosts (RHVH) are installed using a special build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with only the packages required to host virtual machines. RHVH features a Cockpit user interface for monitoring the host's resources and performing administrative tasks.

Security Fix(es):

  • hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IFU) (CVE-2018-12207)
  • hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) (CVE-2019-11135)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 for RHEL 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Virtualization Host 4 for RHEL 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Virtualization - Extended Update Support 4.2 for RHEL 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Virtualization Host - Extended Update Support 4.2 for RHEL 7.6 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1646768 - CVE-2018-12207 hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IPU)
  • BZ - 1753062 - CVE-2019-11135 hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA)

CVEs

  • CVE-2018-12207
  • CVE-2019-11135

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/ifu-page-mce
  • https://access.redhat.com/solutions/tsx-asynchronousabort
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Virtualization 4 for RHEL 7

SRPM
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.3.6-5.el7ev.src.rpm SHA-256: 68ae3c7f47c351fd478d5e26d348d2c865998dcd53551d25e79a372d88f3c9ac
redhat-virtualization-host-4.3.6-20191108.0.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 8de1e0b2e862ec1182e390b7fa855309fea7b89f3bc29b8b7bbfe0ddf66e61bf
x86_64
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.3.6-5.el7ev.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02353f957f5a4e462077bd32a3eae1e9d58fbb9614f2d27fd6458247d36ed4ad
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.3.6-20191108.0.el7_7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 9584a52f768c7bee048525b93c3d3aeb113568c5c0d9e71235023ae24f40420c
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-4.3.6-5.el7ev.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ea7bc0aeb3bd1f4fe87992a407efa37b6c20f2fa3922f7c909fb8d68e8b0a839

Red Hat Virtualization Host 4 for RHEL 7

SRPM
redhat-virtualization-host-4.3.6-20191108.0.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 8de1e0b2e862ec1182e390b7fa855309fea7b89f3bc29b8b7bbfe0ddf66e61bf
x86_64
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.3.6-20191108.0.el7_7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 9584a52f768c7bee048525b93c3d3aeb113568c5c0d9e71235023ae24f40420c

Red Hat Virtualization - Extended Update Support 4.2 for RHEL 7.6

SRPM
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.2-16.1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: a5323779c7d2ae022adadb70a491cd923f0c083344c5fbce17faa38d06a0716c
x86_64
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.2-16.1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 44a8c6b390b4c1281357ecf5766f03d69735aa5eea15503fc14ef79692212435
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-4.2-16.1.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: d0c2661e703e5b306273401276d6f27db14ed2bb210526d00a53cc13e46b63a9

Red Hat Virtualization Host - Extended Update Support 4.2 for RHEL 7.6

SRPM
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.2-16.1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: a5323779c7d2ae022adadb70a491cd923f0c083344c5fbce17faa38d06a0716c
redhat-virtualization-host-4.2-20191107.0.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: fb4632e31d4ef0d271a84c0bdfd61b30176c930a1261a447f0bab10985e38b2e
x86_64
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.2-16.1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 44a8c6b390b4c1281357ecf5766f03d69735aa5eea15503fc14ef79692212435
redhat-release-virtualization-host-content-4.2-16.1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d87b0ffa805edc217172c91ce00879d1f7560fd2a618390b077ecda00787b61c
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.2-20191107.0.el7_6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 5eb08f5f7539f5b0f42fa800797d573a89c89b808c542e13f2d4637fb85bca94
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-4.2-16.1.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: d0c2661e703e5b306273401276d6f27db14ed2bb210526d00a53cc13e46b63a9

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.

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