RHSA-2022:0133
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2022-01-12 14:41 - Updated: 2025-11-21 18:27Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Virtualization Host security and bug fix update [ovirt-4.4.9] Async #2
Severity
Important
Notes
Topic: An update for redhat-release-virtualization-host and redhat-virtualization-host is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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 redhat-virtualization-host packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization Host. These packages include redhat-release-virtualization-host, ovirt-node, and rhev-hypervisor. 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.
Security Fix(es):
* samba: Active Directory (AD) domain user could become root on domain members (CVE-2020-25717)
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.
A flaw was found in the way Samba maps domain users to local users. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause possible privilege escalation.
8.1 (High)
Affected products
Fixed
2 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unresolved product id: 8Base-RHV-Hypervisor-4:redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.4.9-202201072228_8.5.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 8Base-RHV-Hypervisor-4:redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-0:4.4.9-202201072228_8.5.x86_64 | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
Workaround
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Known not affected
4 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unresolved product id: 8Base-RHV-HypervisorBuild-4:redhat-release-virtualization-host-0:4.4.9-4.el8ev.src | — |
Workaround
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| Unresolved product id: 8Base-RHV-HypervisorBuild-4:redhat-release-virtualization-host-0:4.4.9-4.el8ev.x86_64 | — |
Workaround
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| Unresolved product id: 8Base-RHV-HypervisorBuild-4:redhat-release-virtualization-host-content-0:4.4.9-4.el8ev.x86_64 | — |
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| Unresolved product id: 8Base-RHV-HypervisorBuild-4:redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-0:4.4.9-4.el8ev.noarch | — |
Workaround
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Threats
Impact
Important
References
10 references
Acknowledgments
the Samba project
Catalyst and the Samba Team
Andrew Bartlett
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