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Posted on 10 October 2019
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: Red Hat Virtualization security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3011-01
Product: Red Hat Virtualization
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3011
Issue date: 2019-10-10
CVE Names: CVE-2019-1125
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1. Summary:
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7 - noarch
3. Description:
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)
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/):
1724389 - CVE-2019-1125 kernel: hw: Spectre SWAPGS gadget vulnerability
1736798 - RHVH 4.3.6: Incorrect welcome info appear in RHVH boot process
1737771 - Rebase RHV-H to RHV 4.3.6
1738457 - The company logo displays wrong.
1744027 - [downstream clone - 4.3.6] [RFE] Warn if SELinux is disabled when upgrading RHV-H
1752750 - Rebase RHV-H on glusterfs-3.12.2-47.5.el7rhgs
6. Package List:
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7:
Source:
redhat-virtualization-host-4.3.6-20190924.0.el7_7.src.rpm
noarch:
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.3.6-20190924.0.el7_7.noarch.rpm
RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements):
Source:
imgbased-1.1.10-0.1.el7ev.src.rpm
ovirt-node-ng-4.3.6-0.20190820.0.el7ev.src.rpm
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.3.6-2.el7ev.src.rpm
redhat-virtualization-host-4.3.6-20190924.0.el7_7.src.rpm
noarch:
imgbased-1.1.10-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
ovirt-node-ng-nodectl-4.3.6-0.20190820.0.el7ev.noarch.rpm
python-imgbased-1.1.10-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
python2-ovirt-node-ng-nodectl-4.3.6-0.20190820.0.el7ev.noarch.rpm
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.3.6-20190924.0.el7_7.noarch.rpm
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-4.3.6-2.el7ev.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.3.6-2.el7ev.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-2019-1125
https://access.redhat.com/articles/4329821
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
