RHSA-2019:3860 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: redhat-release-virtualization-host and redhat-virtualization-host update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · November 13, 2019

Updated · June 28, 2026

Topic

An update for redhat-release-virtualization-host and redhat-virtualization-host is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUS.

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

The redhat-virtualization-host packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization Host. These packages include redhat-release-virtualization-host, ovirt-node, and rhev-hypervisor. Red Hat Virtualization Hosts (RHVH) are installed using a special build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with only the packages required to host virtual machines. RHVH features a Cockpit user interface for monitoring the host's resources and performing administrative tasks.

The ovirt-node-ng packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization Host. These packages include redhat-release-virtualization-host, ovirt-node, and rhev-hypervisor. Red Hat Virtualization Hosts (RHVH) are installed using a special build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with only the packages required to host virtual machines. RHVH features a Cockpit user interface for monitoring the host's resources and performing administrative tasks.

Security Fix(es):

  • hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IFU) (CVE-2018-12207)

  • hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) (CVE-2019-11135)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2019:3860 — Red Hat Security Advisory: redhat-release-virtualization-host and redhat-virtualization-host update | PulseLinux