SB20250422192 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Virtualization 4.16



SB20250422192 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Virtualization 4.16

Published: April 22, 2025 Updated: November 28, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB20250422192
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 28
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 21% Medium 29% Low 50%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 28 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45338)

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in several Parse functions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24791)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of "Expect: 100-continue" HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send multiple such requests and consume all available resources.


3) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12900)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the BZ2_decompress() function in decompress.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted archive, trick the victim into opening it using the affected library, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

4) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11023)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when passing <option> elements to jQuery’s DOM manipulation methods. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


5) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49043)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xmlXIncludeAddNode() function in xinclude.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML input to the application, trigger a use-after-free error and crash the application or potentially execute arbitrary code.



6) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52653)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the gss_import_v2_context() function in net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


7) Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2236)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform timing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in libgcrypt's RSA implementation. A remote attacker can initiate a Bleichenbacher-style attack, which can lead to the decryption of RSA ciphertexts.


8) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-5535)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the SSL_select_next_proto() function when using NPN. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


9) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8176)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling XML content. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML content to the application, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


10) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9287)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the venv module when creating a virtual environment. A local user can pass specially crafted strings to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.


11) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11187)

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling DNS zones with numerous records in the Additional section. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion by sending multiple queries to he affected server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


12) Use of Uninitialized Variable (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12085)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to information leak when comparing file checksums. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the daemon and read 1 byte of uninitialized memory from stack.


13) Improper authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12797)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when using RFC7250 Raw Public Keys (RPKs) to authenticate a server. TLS and DTLS connections using raw public keys are vulnerable to man-in-middle attacks when server authentication failure is not detected by clients.

Note, the vulnerability can be exploited only when TLS clients explicitly enable RPK use by the server, and the server, likewise, enables sending of an RPK instead of an X.509 certificate chain.


14) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23848)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the cec_queue_msg_fh, related to drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c and drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


15) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26976)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the async_pf_execute(), kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(), kvm_check_async_pf_completion() and kvm_setup_async_pf() functions in virt/kvm/async_pf.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


16) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27010)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the qdisc_alloc() function in net/sched/sch_generic.c, within the qdisc_run_end() function in net/core/dev.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


17) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27410)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the nl80211_set_interface() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c. A local user can manipulate with the interface mesh ID and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


18) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35810)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the vmw_du_cursor_mob_size() and vmw_du_cursor_plane_cleanup_fb() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


19) Use of uninitialized resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35888)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized resource within the ip6erspan_rcv() function in net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c, within the erspan_rcv() function in net/ipv4/ip_gre.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


20) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35925)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error within the blk_rq_stat_init() function in block/blk-stat.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


21) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50264)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the virtio_transport_destruct() function in net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


22) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52531)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when performing conversion to UTF-8. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and crash the application.


23) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-55549)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in xsltGetInheritedNsList. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


24) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-56171)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables() and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables() functions in xmlschemas.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML document to the application, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


25) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1244)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when handling custom "man" URI schemes. A remote attacker can trick the victim into clicking on a specially crafted URL and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


26) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22013)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the kvm_arch_vcpu_load_fp() function in arch/arm64/kvm/fpsimd.c, within the fpsimd_signal_preserve_current_state() function in arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


27) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24928)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the xmlSnprintfElements() function in valid.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML data to the application, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


28) Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-26465)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data in ssh(1). A remote attacker can perform server impersonation when VerifyHostKeyDNS enabled.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.