RHSA-2021:2529 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for qemu-kvm-rhev is now available for Red Hat Virtualization for Red Hat Virtualization Host 4.3.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
Moderate. 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

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux
on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-rhev packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM in environments managed by Red Hat products.

Security Fix(es):

• QEMU: ide: atapi: OOB access while processing read commands (CVE-2020-29443)

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.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization 4 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization for IBM Power LE 4 for RHEL 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1917446 - CVE-2020-29443 QEMU: ide: atapi: OOB access while processing read commands

CVEs

• CVE-2020-29443

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate