RHSA-2024:11161 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for tuned is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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

The tuned packages provide a service that tunes system settings according to a selected profile.

Security Fix(es):

• tuned: improper sanitization of `instance_name` parameter of the `instance_create()` method (CVE-2024-52337)

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/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 2324541 - CVE-2024-52337 tuned: improper sanitization of `instance_name` parameter of the `instance_create()` method

CVEs

• CVE-2024-52337

References

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