The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8598 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 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.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: redhat-release-virtualization-host     (4.5.2), redhat-virtualization-host (4.5.2), redhat-virtualization-host-productimg (4.5.2). (BZ#2070049,     BZ#2093195)

    Security Fix(es):

    * libksba: integer overflow may lead to remote code execution (CVE-2022-3515)

    * bind: memory leak in ECDSA DNSSEC verification code (CVE-2022-38177)

    * bind: memory leaks in EdDSA DNSSEC verification code (CVE-2022-38178)

    * expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-40674)

    * device-mapper-multipath: Authorization bypass, multipathd daemon listens for client connections on an     abstract Unix socket (CVE-2022-41974)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, 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.

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RHEL 8 : Red Hat Virtualization Host security update [ovirt-4.5.3-1] (Important) (RHSA-2022:8598)

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