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A Red Hat Virtualization Host 4.4.z SP 1 security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.



[RHSA-2023:5209-01] Important: Red Hat Virtualization Host 4.4.z SP 1 security update


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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: Red Hat Virtualization Host 4.4.z SP 1 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5209-01
Product: Red Hat Virtualization
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5209
Issue date: 2023-09-19
CVE Names: CVE-2022-21216 CVE-2022-33196 CVE-2023-0286
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1. Summary:

An update for redhat-release-virtualization-host and
redhat-virtualization-host is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. 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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

RHEL 8-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 - x86_64

3. Description:

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.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: Intel firmware update for insufficient granularity of access
control in out-of-band management in some Intel Atom and Intel Xeon
Scalable Processors (CVE-2022-21216)

* kernel: Intel firmware update for Incorrect default permissions in some
memory controller configurations (CVE-2022-33196)

* openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName
(CVE-2023-0286)

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.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891

5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

2164440 - CVE-2023-0286 openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName
2171227 - CVE-2022-21216 kernel: Intel firmware update for insufficient granularity of access control in out-of-band management in some Intel Atom and Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
2171252 - CVE-2022-33196 kernel: Intel firmware update for Incorrect default permissions in some memory controller configurations

6. Package List:

Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8:

Source:
redhat-virtualization-host-4.5.3-202309130206_8.6.src.rpm

x86_64:
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.5.3-202309130206_8.6.x86_64.rpm

RHEL 8-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements):

Source:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.5.3-9.el8ev.src.rpm

noarch:
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-4.5.3-9.el8ev.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.5.3-9.el8ev.x86_64.rpm
redhat-release-virtualization-host-content-4.5.3-9.el8ev.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21216
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-33196
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0286
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is [secalert@redhat.com]. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.

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