RedHat: RHSA-2022-0540:01 Important: 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.
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.
Security Fix(es):
* polkit: Local privilege escalation in pkexec due to incorrect handling of
argument vector (CVE-2021-4034)
* kernel: xfs: raw block device data leak in XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP IOCTL
(CVE-2021-4155)
* aide: heap-based buffer overflow on outputs larger than B64_BUF
(CVE-2021-45417)
* kernel: fs_context: heap overflow in legacy parameter handling
(CVE-2022-0185)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
* Rebased wget package and its dependencies for the same version shipped
with recent RHEL. (BZ#2030082)
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-2021-4034 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4155 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45417 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0185 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2022-001
Package List
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8:
Source:
libmetalink-0.1.3-7.el8.src.rpm
redhat-virtualization-host-4.4.10-202202081536_8.5.src.rpm
wget-1.19.5-10.el8.src.rpm
x86_64:
libmetalink-0.1.3-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
libmetalink-debuginfo-0.1.3-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
libmetalink-debugsource-0.1.3-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
libmetalink-devel-0.1.3-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.4.10-202202081536_8.5.x86_64.rpm
wget-1.19.5-10.el8.x86_64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.19.5-10.el8.x86_64.rpm
wget-debugsource-1.19.5-10.el8.x86_64.rpm
RHEL 8-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements):
Source:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.4.10-1.el8ev.src.rpm
noarch:
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-4.4.10-1.el8ev.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.4.10-1.el8ev.x86_64.rpm
redhat-release-virtualization-host-content-4.4.10-1.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 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.
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
2025869 - CVE-2021-4034 polkit: Local privilege escalation in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector
2030082 - Failed dependencies occur during install wget package from rhvh optional channel.
2034685 - RHVH 4.4.9 - host upgrade fails with error for package libsmbclient
2034813 - CVE-2021-4155 kernel: xfs: raw block device data leak in XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP IOCTL
2040358 - CVE-2022-0185 kernel: fs_context: heap overflow in legacy parameter handling
2041489 - CVE-2021-45417 aide: heap-based buffer overflow on outputs larger than B64_BUF
