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RHEL 8 : Red Hat Virtualization Host security update [ovirt-4.4.10-1] (Important) (RHSA-2022:0540)
high Nessus Plugin ID 158076
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0540 advisory.- polkit: Local privilege escalation in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector (CVE-2021-4034)
- kernel: xfs: raw block device data leak in XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP IOCTL (CVE-2021-4155)
- aide: heap-based buffer overflow on outputs larger than B64_BUF (CVE-2021-45417)
- kernel: fs_context: heap overflow in legacy parameter handling (CVE-2022-0185)
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 affected redhat-virtualization-host-image-update package.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4034
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4155
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45417
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0185
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0540
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2025869
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2034813
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 158076
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-0540.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 2/15/2022
Updated: 2/2/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.8
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-2022-0185
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.4
Temporal Score: 8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host-image-update
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: 2/15/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2021
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/18/2022
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Local Privilege Escalation in polkits pkexec)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-4034, CVE-2021-4155, CVE-2021-45417, CVE-2022-0185