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SUSE: 2022:0040-1 Important: SSH Panic Issue in Kubevirt

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Calendar Grey January 10, 2022
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Important security enhancement for Kubevirt addressing unauthorized client vulnerability. Follow patch installation guidelines as advised by SUSE best practices.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for kubevirt, virt-api-container, virt-controller-container, virt-handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt-operator-container fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-43565: Fixes a vulnerability in the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh package which allowed unauthenticated clients to cause a panic in SSH servers. (bsc#1193930) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP3-2022-40=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15-SP3 (x86_64): kubevirt-manifests-0.45.0-8.7.1

References

#1190587 #1190839 #1193930

Cross- CVE-2021-43565

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-43565 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-43565.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190587

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190839

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193930

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:0040-1
Rating: important

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