QID 240119

Date Published: 2022-03-09

QID 240119: Red Hat Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RHSA-2022:0759)

kernel-based virtual machine (kvm) offers a full virtualization solution for linux on numerous hardware platforms.
The virt:rhel module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using kvm.
The packages also provide apis for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems.

Security Fix(es):
  • qemu: virtiofsd: potential privilege escalation via cve-2018-13405 (cve-2022-0358)

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 - extended update support 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server - aus 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems - extended update support 8.4 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian - extended update support 8.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server - tus 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 - extended update support 8.4 aarch64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server (for ibm power le) - update services for sap solutions 8.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server - update services for sap solutions 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat codeready linux builder for x86_64 - extended update support 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat codeready linux builder for power, little endian - extended update support 8.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat codeready linux builder for ibm z systems - extended update support 8.4 s390x
  • Red Hat codeready linux builder for arm 64 - extended update support 8.4 aarch64



Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.2 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:0759 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 240119

    CVE-2022-0358 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:0759 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0759
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