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RHEL 7 RHSA-2018:1524-01 Important: Virtualization Host Bug Fix Offense

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2018
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The latest version of redhat-virtualization-host resolves significant vulnerabilities and introduces improvements for distributions built on RHEL 7.
Updated redhat-virtualization-host packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available

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

Summary

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.
Includes GlusterFS fixes for CVE-2018-1088, dhcp fixes for CVE-2018-1111, kernel fixes for CVE-2018-1087, and kernel fixes for CVE-2018-8897.
A list of bugs fixed in this update is available in the Technical Notes book: ml/technical_notes/

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation DoS network attack critical bug fix RHEL 7 redhat-virtualization-host

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1087 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1088 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1111 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8897 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7:
Source: redhat-virtualization-host-4.2-20180508.0.el7_5.src.rpm
noarch: redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.2-20180508.0.el7_5.noarch.rpm
RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements):
Source: imgbased-1.0.16-0.1.el7ev.src.rpm ovirt-node-ng-4.2.0-0.20170814.0.el7.src.rpm redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.2-3.0.el7.src.rpm
noarch: imgbased-1.0.16-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm ovirt-node-ng-nodectl-4.2.0-0.20170814.0.el7.noarch.rpm python-imgbased-1.0.16-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-4.2-3.0.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.2-3.0.el7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:1524-01
Product: Red Hat Virtualization
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1524
Issue date: 2018-05-15

Topic

Updated redhat-virtualization-host packages that fix several bugs and addvarious enhancements are now available.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation DoS network attack critical bug fix RHEL 7 redhat-virtualization-host

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1357247 - rhvh 4: reboot after install shows "4m[terminated]" and takes long to reboot

1374007 - [RFE] RHV-H does not default to LVM Thin Provisioning

1420068 - [RFE] RHV-H should meet NIST 800-53 partitioning requirements by default

1422676 - [Test Only] Test Ansible playbook for registration

1429485 - [RFE] Imgbased layers should be named with '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}' instead of %{name}-%{version}

1433394 - kdump could fill up /var filesystem while writing to /var/crash

1443965 - Libvirt is disabled on RHVH host

1454536 - HostedEngine setup fails if RHV-H timezone < UTC set during installation

1474268 - RHVH host displays "upgrade available" information on the engine after registering until an update is released

1489567 - Host Software tab does not show exact RHVH version anymore

1501161 - The version displays as "4.1" for subscribed product with RHVH 4.2

1502920 - File missing after upgrade of RHVH node from version RHVH-4.1-20170925.0 to latest.

1503148 - [RFE] translate between basic ntp configurations and chrony configurations

1516123 - tuned-adm timeout while adding the host in manager and the deployment will fail/take time to complete

1534855 - RHVH brand is missing on cockpit login screen.

1535791 - Upgrading node brings back previous hosted-engine configuration

1542833 - oVirt Node upgrade fails if SELINUX is disabled

1547864 - There is error report when upgrade to rhvh-4.1-20180218.0 / rhvh-4.2-20180218.0

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