RHEL 8 : RHV Engine and Host Common Packages security update [ovirt-4.4.6] (Moderate) (RHSA-2021:2180)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150126

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for RHV Engine / Host Common Packages.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2180 advisory.

The ovirt-engine package provides the Red Hat Virtualization Manager, a centralized management platform that allows system administrators to view and manage virtual machines. The Manager provides a comprehensive range of features including search capabilities, resource management, live migrations, and virtual infrastructure provisioning.

Security Fix(es):

* ansible: user data leak in snmp_facts module (CVE-2021-20178)

* ansible module: bitbucket_pipeline_variable exposes secured values (CVE-2021-20180)

* ansible: multiple modules expose secured values (CVE-2021-20191)

* ansible: basic.py no_log with fallback option (CVE-2021-20228)

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):

* Red Hat Virtualization 4.4.6 now requires Ansible 2.9.18 (BZ#1933672)

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

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

Solution

Update the RHEL RHV Engine / Host Common Packages packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:2180.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150126

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2180.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/1/2021

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20228

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ansible, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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: 6/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20178, CVE-2021-20180, CVE-2021-20191, CVE-2021-20228

CWE: 522, 532

IAVB: 2021-B-0013-S

RHSA: 2021:2180

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