RHSA-2022:8896 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for python-virtualbmc is now available for Red Hat OpenStack
Platform 13 (Queens).

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

A virtual BMC for controlling virtual machines using IPMI
commands.

Security Fix:

• VirtualBMC: Removal of password protection from the managed libvirt XML

domain (CVE-2022-44020)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page 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/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat OpenStack 13 - Extended Life Cycle Support 13 x86_64
• Red Hat OpenStack 13 for IBM Power - Extended Life Cycle Support 13 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 2142678 - CVE-2022-44020 Sushy-Tools & VirtualBMC: removes password protection from the managed libvirt XML domain

CVEs

• CVE-2022-44020

References

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