SB2022051167 - Advanced Virtualization for RHEL 8 update for the virt:av and virt-devel:av modules 



SB2022051167 - Advanced Virtualization for RHEL 8 update for the virt:av and virt-devel:av modules

Published: May 11, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022051167
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Error Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0485)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to error handling mechanism within the nbdcopy tool when performing multi-threaded copies using asynchronous nbd calls. This could result in the silent creation of a corrupted destination image.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.