Important: OpenShift Virtualization 4.12.5 RPMs security and bug fix update

Topic

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization release 4.12.5 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancements.

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.

Description

OpenShift Virtualization is Red Hat's virtualization solution designed for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.

This advisory contains OpenShift Virtualization 4.12.5 RPMs.

Security Fix(es):

• golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace (CVE-2023-24540)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.12 for RHEL 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.12 for RHEL 7 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2196027 - CVE-2023-24540 golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace
• BZ - 2227593 - Tracker for 4.12.5 RPM

CVEs

• CVE-2023-24540

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important