RHEL 7 : RHV-H and security update (redhat-virtualization-host) 4.3.14 (Moderate) (RHSA-2021:1051)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148256

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for RHV-H.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1051 advisory.

The redhat-virtualization-host packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization Host.
These packages include redhat-release-virtualization-host. 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):

* lldp/openvswitch: denial of service via externally triggered memory leak (CVE-2020-27827)

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.

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 RHEL RHV-H package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:1051.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f33ab200

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1051

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921438

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1924062

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1932859

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1940841

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148256

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1051.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/31/2021

Updated: 6/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27827

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host-image-update, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27827

CWE: 400

RHSA: 2021:1051