SB2021032529 - Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for rhvm-appliance
Published: March 25, 2021
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8011)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the lldp_decode() function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c in lldpd. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
2) Untrusted search path (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14349)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the database.
The vulnerability exists due to the way PostgreSQL handles search_path during replications. Users of a
replication publisher or subscriber database can create objects in the public
schema and harness them to execute arbitrary SQL functions under the identity
running replication, often a superuser.
3) Untrusted search path (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14350)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the database.
The vulnerability exists due to the way PostgreSQL handles CREATE EXTENSION statements. A remote user with permission to create objects in the new extension's schema
or a schema of a prerequisite extension can execute arbitrary SQL functions under the identity of the superuser in certain cases.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.