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Red Hat Virtualization: RHSA-2021:1189-01 Important OpenSSL Threats

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Calendar Grey April 14, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical security update for Red Hat Virtualization 4 addresses OpenSSL issues impacting enterprise Linux stability.
An update is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. For the update to take effect, all services linked to the glibc library must be restarted, or the system rebooted.

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.
The ovirt-node-ng 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.
Changes to the redhat-release-virtualization-host component:
* Previously, the redhat-support-tool was missing from the RHV-H 4.4 package. In this release, the redhat-support-tool has been added. (BZ#1928607)
Security Fix(es):
* openssl: NULL pointer dereference in signature_algorithms processing (CVE-2021-3449)
* openssl: CA certificate check bypass with X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT (CVE-2021-3450)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical bug fix important openssl linux important issue openssl issues NULL pointer dereference Red Hat Virtualization red hat virtualization RHEL 8 CA certificate bypass

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3449 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3450 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8:
Source: boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm dyninst-10.1.0-4.el8.src.rpm gcc-8.3.1-5.1.el8.src.rpm isl-0.16.1-6.el8.src.rpm libmpc-1.0.2-9.el8.src.rpm libxcrypt-4.1.1-4.el8.src.rpm make-4.2.1-10.el8.src.rpm redhat-virtualization-host-4.4.5-20210330.0.el8_3.src.rpm tbb-2018.2-9.el8.src.rpm zip-3.0-23.el8.src.rpm
noarch: redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.4.5-20210330.0.el8_3.noarch.rpm vim-filesystem-8.0.1763-15.el8.noarch.rpm
x86_64: boost-atomic-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-chrono-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-container-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-context-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-coroutine-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-date-time-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-date-time-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-debugsource-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-doctools-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-fiber-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-filesystem-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-graph-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-graph-mpich-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-graph-openmpi-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm boost-iostreams-debuginfo-1.66.0-10.el8.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1189-01
Product: Red Hat Virtualization
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1189
Issue date: 2021-04-14

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red HatEnterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical bug fix important openssl linux important issue openssl issues NULL pointer dereference Red Hat Virtualization red hat virtualization RHEL 8 CA certificate bypass

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL 8-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1892573 - RHVH 4.4.2 fails to boot from SAN when using UUID for /boot partition

1895832 - RHVH 4.4.3: No response when clicking button "Help" in Anaconda GUI

1907306 - "sysstat" doesn't collect data for upgraded RHVH

1907358 - In FIPS mode, RHVH cannot enter the new layer after upgrade

1907746 - RHVH cannot enter the new layer after upgrade testing with STIG profile selected.

1918207 - RHVH upgrade to 4.4.5-1 will fail due to FileNotFoundError

1927395 - RHVH, protecting key packages from being removed.

1928607 - redhat-support-tool is missing from latest RHV-H 4.4

1940845 - Include updated gluster-ansible-features in RHV-H 4.4.5

1941547 - CVE-2021-3450 openssl: CA certificate check bypass with X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT

1941554 - CVE-2021-3449 openssl: NULL pointer dereference in signature_algorithms processing

1942040 - Rebase RHV-H 4.4.5 on RHEL-AV 8.3.1 Async

1942498 - Rebase RHV-H 4.4.5 on RHEL-8.3.1.3

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