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Red Hat 8: RHSA-2023-5209-01 Important: Virtualization Host Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The Red Hat Virtualization Host 4.4.z SP 1 security update is vital for RHEL 8 systems, fixing vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to gain access
An update for redhat-release-virtualization-host and redhat-virtualization-host 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

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):
* kernel: Intel firmware update for insufficient granularity of access control in out-of-band management in some Intel Atom and Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (CVE-2022-21216)
* kernel: Intel firmware update for Incorrect default permissions in some memory controller configurations (CVE-2022-33196)
* openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName (CVE-2023-0286)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update important permissions issue openssl update red hat virtualization out-of-band management

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21216 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-33196 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0286 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8:
Source: redhat-virtualization-host-4.5.3-202309130206_8.6.src.rpm
x86_64: redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.5.3-202309130206_8.6.x86_64.rpm
RHEL 8-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements):
Source: redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.5.3-9.el8ev.src.rpm
noarch: redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-4.5.3-9.el8ev.noarch.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.5.3-9.el8ev.x86_64.rpm redhat-release-virtualization-host-content-4.5.3-9.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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5209-01
Product: Red Hat Virtualization
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5209
Issue date: 2023-09-19

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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update important permissions issue openssl update red hat virtualization out-of-band management

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

2164440 - CVE-2023-0286 openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName

2171227 - CVE-2022-21216 kernel: Intel firmware update for insufficient granularity of access control in out-of-band management in some Intel Atom and Intel Xeon Scalable Processors

2171252 - CVE-2022-33196 kernel: Intel firmware update for Incorrect default permissions in some memory controller configurations

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