RHEL 8 : Red Hat Virtualization Host 4.4.z SP 1 security update batch#5 (oVirt-4.5.3-5) (Important) (RHSA-2023:1677)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 174389

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat Virtualization Host 4.4.z SP 1.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:1677 advisory.

- git: gitattributes parsing integer overflow (CVE-2022-23521)

- git: Heap overflow in `git archive`, `git log --format` leading to RCE (CVE-2022-41903)

- ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF (CVE-2023-0266)

- kernel: FUSE filesystem low-privileged user privileges escalation (CVE-2023-0386)

- nss: Arbitrary memory write via PKCS 12 (CVE-2023-0767)

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 Red Hat Virtualization Host 4.4.z SP 1 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:1677.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1ea86414

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1677

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2159505

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162055

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162056

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2163379

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2170377

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 174389

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-1677.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/15/2023

Updated: 9/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0767

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2022-41903

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host-image-update, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host

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: 4/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/20/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Local Privilege Escalation via CVE-2023-0386)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23521, CVE-2022-41903, CVE-2023-0266, CVE-2023-0386, CVE-2023-0767

CWE: 119, 190, 282, 416

RHSA: 2023:1677