RHEL 8 : Red Hat Virtualization Host 4.4.z SP 1 security update batch#4 (oVirt-4.5.3-4) (Important) (RHSA-2023:0859)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 171718

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-2023:0859 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.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: i915: Incorrect GPU TLB flush can lead to random memory access (CVE-2022-4139)

* libksba: integer overflow to code execution (CVE-2022-47629)

* sudo: arbitrary file write with privileges of the RunAs user (CVE-2023-22809)

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat Virtualization Host 4.4.z SP 1 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:0859.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?de3d1277

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0859

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2147572

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2161142

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2161571

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2169971

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 171718

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0859.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

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-2022-47629

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

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: 2/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Sudoedit Extra Arguments Priv Esc)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4139, CVE-2022-47629, CVE-2023-22809

CWE: 190, 401

RHSA: 2023:0859