RHSA-2022:8598 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for redhat-release-virtualization-host, redhat-virtualization-host, and redhat-virtualization-host-productimg is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: redhat-release-virtualization-host (4.5.2), redhat-virtualization-host (4.5.2), redhat-virtualization-host-productimg (4.5.2). (BZ#2070049, BZ#2093195)

Security Fix(es):

• libksba: integer overflow may lead to remote code execution (CVE-2022-3515)
• bind: memory leak in ECDSA DNSSEC verification code (CVE-2022-38177)
• bind: memory leaks in EdDSA DNSSEC verification code (CVE-2022-38178)
• expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-40674)
• device-mapper-multipath: Authorization bypass, multipathd daemon listens for client connections on an abstract Unix socket (CVE-2022-41974)

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

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 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization Host 4 for RHEL 8 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2127936 - Upgrade redhat-release-virtualization-host to 4.5.3
• BZ - 2128601 - CVE-2022-38177 bind: memory leak in ECDSA DNSSEC verification code
• BZ - 2128602 - CVE-2022-38178 bind: memory leaks in EdDSA DNSSEC verification code
• BZ - 2128986 - Rebase RHV-H 4.4 SP1 on RHEL 8.6.0.4
• BZ - 2130769 - CVE-2022-40674 expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c
• BZ - 2133988 - CVE-2022-41974 device-mapper-multipath: Authorization bypass, multipathd daemon listens for client connections on an abstract Unix socket
• BZ - 2135610 - CVE-2022-3515 libksba: integer overflow may lead to remote code execution

CVEs

• CVE-2022-3515
• CVE-2022-38177
• CVE-2022-38178
• CVE-2022-40674
• CVE-2022-41974

References

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