RHEL 7 : RHV-H security update (redhat-virtualization-host) 4.3.23 (Important) (RHSA-2022:5439)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162657

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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-2022:5439 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) from Bugzilla:

* zlib: A flaw found in zlib when compressing (not decompressing) certain inputs (CVE-2018-25032)

* gzip: arbitrary-file-write vulnerability (CVE-2022-1271)

* rsyslog: Heap-based overflow in TCP syslog server (CVE-2022-24903)

* kernel: a use-after-free write in the netfilter subsystem can lead to privilege escalation to root (CVE-2022-1966)

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) from Bugzilla:

* RHV-H 4.3 has been rebased on RHEL 7.9 batch (BZ#2084444)

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-2022:5439.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 162657

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-5439.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/1/2022

Updated: 6/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-32250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1271

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: 7/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-25032, CVE-2022-1271, CVE-2022-24903, CVE-2022-32250

CWE: 1173, 119, 416, 787

IAVA: 2024-A-0327

RHSA: 2022:5439

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