RHEL 7 : RHV-H security update (redhat-virtualization-host) 4.3.16 (Important) (RHSA-2021:2519)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150951

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for RHV-H.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2519 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):

* 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)

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

* dhcp: stack-based buffer overflow when parsing statements with colon-separated hex digits in config or lease files in dhcpd and dhclient (CVE-2021-25217)

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 these issues 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-2021:2519.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2519

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962650

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1929858

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1963258

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1948377

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1957238

http://www.nessus.org/u?9edef1b5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150951

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2519.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/22/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24489

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-24489, CVE-2021-25217, CVE-2021-27219

CWE: 119, 459, 787

IAVB: 2021-B-0032-S

RHSA: 2021:2519