Advanced Virtualization for RHEL 8 update for the virt:av and virt-devel:av modules

1) Error Handling

EUVDB-ID: #VU61494

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0485

CWE-ID: CWE-388 - Error Handling

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to error handling mechanism within the nbdcopy tool when performing multi-threaded copies using asynchronous nbd calls. This could result in the silent creation of a corrupted destination image.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Virtualization: 8

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2181

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.