rhsa-2019_0361
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2019-02-18 15:44
Modified
2024-11-05 20:58
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: rhvm-appliance security update

Notes

Topic
An update for rhvm-appliance 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.
Details
The RHV-M Virtual Appliance automates the process of installing and configuring the Red Hat Virtualization Manager. The appliance is available to download as an OVA file from the Customer Portal. Security Fix(es): * systemd: stack overflow when calling syslog from a command with long cmdline (CVE-2018-16864) * systemd: stack overflow when receiving many journald entries (CVE-2018-16865) 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.
Terms of Use
This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.



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