RHEL 7 : Virtualization Manager (RHSA-2019:3011)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 129860

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for redhat-virtualization-host is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The redhat-virtualization-host packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization Host. These packages include redhat-release-virtualization-host, redhat-virtualization-host, and ovirt-node-ng. 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:
imgbased (1.1.10), ovirt-node-ng (4.3.6), redhat-release-virtualization-host (4.3.6), redhat-virtualization-host (4.3.6). (BZ#1734624, BZ#1737771, BZ#1752750)

Security Fix(es) :

* kernel: hw: Spectre SWAPGS gadget vulnerability (CVE-2019-1125)

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.

Bug Fix(es) :

* RHVH 4.3.6: Incorrect welcome info appear in RHVH boot process (BZ#1736798)

* The company logo displays wrong. (BZ#1738457)

Enhancement(s) :

* [downstream clone - 4.3.6] [RFE] Warn if SELinux is disabled when upgrading RHV-H (BZ#1744027)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/articles/4329821

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3011

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-1125

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 129860

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3011.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/15/2019

Updated: 2/18/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imgbased, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ovirt-node-ng-nodectl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-imgbased, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-ovirt-node-ng-nodectl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-release-virtualization-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host-image-update, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder, 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: 10/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1125

RHSA: 2019:3011