RHSA-2023:1016 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for openstack-cinder is now available for Red Hat OpenStack
Platform 17.0 (Wallaby).

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

Cinder is the replacement of nova-volume in Folsom and beyond, used for
block storage.

Security Fix(es):

• Arbitrary file access through custom VMDK flat descriptor

(CVE-2022-47951)

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 17 x86_64
• Cinderlib 17 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2161812 - CVE-2022-47951 openstack: Arbitrary file access through custom VMDK flat descriptor

CVEs

• CVE-2022-47951

References

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