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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : KVM (SUSE-SU-2015:0929-1) (Venom)
high Nessus Plugin ID 83854
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
KVM was updated to fix the following security issues :CVE-2015-3456: Buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation, which could be used to carry out denial of service attacks or potential code execution against the host. This vulnerability is also known as VENOM.
CVE-2014-0222: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c in QEMU allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large L2 table in a QCOW version 1 image.
CVE-2014-0223: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c in QEMU allowed local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large image size, which triggers a buffer overflow or out-of-bounds read.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS :
zypper in -t patch slessp1-kvm=10683
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877642
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877645
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929339
http://www.nessus.org/u?69551578
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0222/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0223/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 83854
File Name: suse_SU-2015-0929-1.nasl
Version: 2.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/27/2015
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.7
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kvm
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2014
Exploitable With
Core Impact