SB2021020409 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Virtualization for RHEL 8 



SB2021020409 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Virtualization for RHEL 8

Published: February 4, 2021 Updated: May 14, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2021020409
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25684)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a lack of proper address/port check within the "reply_query" function. A remote attacker can perform a DNS cache poisoning attack.


2) Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25685)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a lack of query resource name (RRNAME) checks in the "reply_query" function. A remote attacker can perform a DNS cache poisoning attack.


3) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25686)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software does not check for an existing pending request for the same name and forwards a new request. A remote attacker can perform a DNS cache poisoning attack.


4) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3156)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in sudo. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system with root privileges.



Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.