Issued:
2022-11-15
Updated:
2022-11-15

RHSA-2022:7968 - Low: virt-v2v security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Synopsis

Low: virt-v2v security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Low

Topic

An update for virt-v2v is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

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

Description

The virt-v2v package provides a tool for converting virtual machines to use the KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor or Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. The tool modifies both the virtual machine image and its associated libvirt metadata. Also, virt-v2v can configure a guest to use VirtIO drivers if possible.

Security Fix(es):

  • libguestfs: Buffer overflow in get_keys leads to DoS (CVE-2022-2211)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

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

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_649x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions9.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions9.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions9.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support9.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support9.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support9.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle9.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle9.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle9.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS9.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS9.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS9.2x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_649x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support9.6x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support9.4x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support9.2x86_64

Updated Packages

  • virt-v2v-2.0.7-6.el9.src.rpm
  • virt-v2v-bash-completion-2.0.7-6.el9.noarch.rpm
  • virt-v2v-debugsource-2.0.7-6.el9.x86_64.rpm
  • virt-v2v-debuginfo-2.0.7-6.el9.x86_64.rpm
  • virt-v2v-man-pages-uk-2.0.7-6.el9.noarch.rpm
  • virt-v2v-2.0.7-6.el9.x86_64.rpm
  • virt-v2v-man-pages-ja-2.0.7-6.el9.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information