RedHat: RHSA-2019-0342:01 Moderate: redhat-virtualization-host security
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.
Security Fix(es):
* systemd: stack overflow when calling syslog from a command with long
cmdline (CVE-2018-16864)
* systemd: stack overflow when receiving many journald entries
(CVE-2018-16865)
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.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16864 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16865 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7:
Source:
redhat-virtualization-host-4.2-20190129.0.el7_6.src.rpm
noarch:
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.2-20190129.0.el7_6.noarch.rpm
RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements):
Source:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.2-8.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-4.2-8.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.2-8.1.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/
Topic
An update for redhat-virtualization-host is now available for Red HatVirtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
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
1653855 - CVE-2018-16864 systemd: stack overflow when calling syslog from a command with long cmdline
1653861 - CVE-2018-16865 systemd: stack overflow when receiving many journald entries
1666987 - Include RHGS 3.4.z BU3 (3.4.3) glusterfs build in RHV 4.2.8 Async
1670318 - RHV-H 4.2.8-1 tracker
