RedHat: RHSA-2021-5006:04 Critical: Red Hat 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):
* nss: Memory corruption in decodeECorDsaSignature with DSA signatures (and
RSA-PSS) (CVE-2021-43527)
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-2021-43527 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2021-008
Package List
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8:
Source:
redhat-virtualization-host-4.4.9-202112061811_8.5.src.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.4.9-202112061811_8.5.x86_64.rpm
RHEL 8-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements):
Source:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.4.9-3.el8ev.src.rpm
noarch:
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-4.4.9-3.el8ev.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.4.9-3.el8ev.x86_64.rpm
redhat-release-virtualization-host-content-4.4.9-3.el8ev.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-release-virtualization-host andredhat-virtualization-host is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Critical. 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 8-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2024370 - CVE-2021-43527 nss: Memory corruption in decodeECorDsaSignature with DSA signatures (and RSA-PSS)
2029406 - Could not find available upgrade package, when upgrade RHVH to the latest rhvh-4.4.9.3-0.20211202.0+1