The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2522 advisory.

    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.

    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.

    The ovirt-node-ng 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):

    * glib: integer overflow in g_bytes_new function on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits     to 32 bits (CVE-2021-27219)

    * kernel: userspace applications can misuse the KVM API to cause a write of 16 bytes at an offset up to 32     GB from vcpu->run (CVE-2021-3501)

    * polkit: local privilege escalation using polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync() (CVE-2021-3560)

    * hw: vt-d related privilege escalation (CVE-2020-24489)

    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):

    * Previously, systemtap dependencies were not included in the RHV-H channel. Therefore, systemtap could     not be installed.
    In this release, the systemtap dependencies have been included in the channel, resolving the issue.
    (BZ#1903997)

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.

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RHEL 8 : Red Hat Virtualization Host security update [ovirt-4.4.6] (Important) (RHSA-2021:2522)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150950

Version 1.16