RHEL 7 : Red Hat Virtualization (RHSA-2019:3011)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 129860

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3011 advisory.

The redhat-virtualization-host packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization Host. These packages include redhat-release-virtualization-host, redhat-virtualization-host, and ovirt-node-ng. 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 following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: imgbased (1.1.10), ovirt-node-ng (4.3.6), redhat-release-virtualization-host (4.3.6), redhat-virtualization-host (4.3.6). (BZ#1734624, BZ#1737771, BZ#1752750)

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: hw: Spectre SWAPGS gadget vulnerability (CVE-2019-1125)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

* RHVH 4.3.6: Incorrect welcome info appear in RHVH boot process (BZ#1736798)

* The company logo displays wrong. (BZ#1738457)

Enhancement(s):

* [downstream clone - 4.3.6] [RFE] Warn if SELinux is disabled when upgrading RHV-H (BZ#1744027)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 129860

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3011.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/15/2019

Updated: 6/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1125

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imgbased, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-imgbased, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ovirt-node-ng-nodectl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-release-virtualization-host, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ovirt-node-ng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host-image-update, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-ovirt-node-ng-nodectl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1125

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2019:3011

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