A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages. A wrong exit condition may lead to an infinite loop when inflating an attacker controlled zlib buffer in the `inflate_buffer` function. This could allow a remote authenticated client who is able to send a clipboard to the VNC server to trigger a denial of service.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-2962 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2022-2211 Denial of Service in --key parameter       resolves: rhbz#2101280
    - Fixes: CVE-2022-40284
    - Fixes: CVE-2021-46790, CVE-2022-30783, CVE-2022-30784, CVE-2022-30785,       CVE-2022-30786, CVE-2022-30787, CVE-2022-30788, CVE-2022-30789       resolves: rhbz#2127240 rhbz#2127248       (also: 2127233 2127234 2127241 2127249 2127255 2127256 2127262 2127263)
    - Fixes: CVE-2021-33285, CVE-2021-33286, CVE-2021-33287, CVE-2021-33289,       CVE-2021-35266, CVE-2021-35267, CVE-2021-35268, CVE-2021-35269,       CVE-2021-39251, CVE-2021-39252, CVE-2021-39253, CVE-2021-39254       resolves: rhbz#2004490
    - Fix for CVE-2019-9755       (heap-based buffer overflow leads to local root privilege escalation)       resolves: rhbz#1698503
    - Fix CVE-2022-0485: Fail nbdcopy if NBD read or write fails       resolves: rhbz#2045718
    - Contains fix for NBD Protocol Downgrade Attack (CVE-2019-14842).
    - Resolves: RHEL-19628       (CVE-2023-6683 virt:rhel/qemu-kvm: QEMU: VNC: NULL pointer dereference in qemu_clipboard_request()     [rhel-8])
    - Resolves: RHEL-19496       (CVE-2023-6693 virt:rhel/qemu-kvm: QEMU: virtio-net: stack buffer overflow in virtio_net_flush_tx()     [rhel-8])
    - Resolves: RHEL-15437       (CVE-2023-5088 virt:rhel/qemu-kvm: QEMU: improper IDE controller reset can lead to MBR overwrite     [rhel-8])
    - Resolves: RHEL-7309       (CVE-2023-3019 virt:rhel/qemu-kvm: QEMU: e1000e: heap use-after-free in e1000e_write_packet_to_guest()     [rhel-8])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2962 advisory.

    Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware     platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual     machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the virtualized     systems.

    Security Fix(es):

    * QEMU: VNC: infinite loop in inflate_buffer() leads to denial of service (CVE-2023-3255)

    * QEMU: improper IDE controller reset can lead to MBR overwrite (CVE-2023-5088)

    * QEMU: VNC: NULL pointer dereference in qemu_clipboard_request() (CVE-2023-6683)

    * QEMU: virtio-net: stack buffer overflow in virtio_net_flush_tx() (CVE-2023-6693)

    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.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:2135 advisory.

  - A DMA reentrancy issue leading to a use-after-free error was found in the e1000e NIC emulation code in     QEMU. This issue could allow a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a     denial of service. (CVE-2023-3019)

  - A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages. A wrong exit     condition may lead to an infinite loop when inflating an attacker controlled zlib buffer in the     `inflate_buffer` function. This could allow a remote authenticated client who is able to send a clipboard     to the VNC server to trigger a denial of service. (CVE-2023-3255)

  - QEMU through 8.0.0 could trigger a division by zero in scsi_disk_reset in hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c because     scsi_disk_emulate_mode_select does not prevent s->qdev.blocksize from being 256. This stops QEMU and the     guest immediately. (CVE-2023-42467)

  - A bug in QEMU could cause a guest I/O operation otherwise addressed to an arbitrary disk offset to be     targeted to offset 0 instead (potentially overwriting the VM's boot code). This could be used, for     example, by L2 guests with a virtual disk (vdiskL2) stored on a virtual disk of an L1 (vdiskL1) hypervisor     to read and/or write data to LBA 0 of vdiskL1, potentially gaining control of L1 at its next reboot.
    (CVE-2023-5088)

  - A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages. The     qemu_clipboard_request() function can be reached before vnc_server_cut_text_caps() was called and had the     chance to initialize the clipboard peer, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This could allow a     malicious authenticated VNC client to crash QEMU and trigger a denial of service. (CVE-2023-6683)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-2135 advisory.

    - Resolves: RHEL-19629       (CVE-2023-6683 qemu-kvm: QEMU: VNC: NULL pointer dereference in qemu_clipboard_request() [rhel-9])
    - Resolves: RHEL-2828       (CVE-2023-42467 qemu-kvm: qemu: denial of service due to division by zero [rhel-9])
    - Resolves: RHEL-516       (CVE-2023-2680 qemu-kvm: QEMU: hcd-ehci: DMA reentrancy issue (incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3750)     [rhel-9])
    - Resolves: bz#2149108       (CVE-2022-4172 qemu-kvm: QEMU: ACPI ERST: memory corruption issues in read_erst_record and     write_erst_record [rhel-9])
    - Resolves: bz#1951522       (CVE-2021-3507 qemu-kvm: QEMU: fdc: heap buffer overflow in DMA read data transfers [rhel-9.0])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2135 advisory.

    Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of     architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that     use KVM.

    Security Fix(es):

    * QEMU: e1000e: heap use-after-free in e1000e_write_packet_to_guest() (CVE-2023-3019)

    * QEMU: VNC: infinite loop in inflate_buffer() leads to denial of service (CVE-2023-3255)

    * QEMU: improper IDE controller reset can lead to MBR overwrite (CVE-2023-5088)

    * QEMU: VNC: NULL pointer dereference in qemu_clipboard_request() (CVE-2023-6683)

    * QEMU: am53c974: denial of service due to division by zero (CVE-2023-42467)

    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.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the qemu package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A flaw was found in the 9p passthrough filesystem (9pfs) implementation in QEMU. The 9pfs server did not     prohibit opening special files on the host side, potentially allowing a malicious client to escape from     the exported 9p tree by creating and opening a device file in the shared folder. (CVE-2023-2861)

  - A DMA reentrancy issue leading to a use-after-free error was found in the e1000e NIC emulation code in     QEMU. This issue could allow a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a     denial of service. (CVE-2023-3019)

  - A flaw was found in the QEMU virtual crypto device while handling data encryption/decryption requests in     virtio_crypto_handle_sym_req. There is no check for the value of `src_len` and `dst_len` in     virtio_crypto_sym_op_helper, potentially leading to a heap buffer overflow when the two values differ.
    (CVE-2023-3180)

  - A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages. A wrong exit     condition may lead to an infinite loop when inflating an attacker controlled zlib buffer in the     `inflate_buffer` function. This could allow a remote authenticated client who is able to send a clipboard     to the VNC server to trigger a denial of service. (CVE-2023-3255)

  - A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server. When a client connects to the VNC server, QEMU checks     whether the current number of connections crosses a certain threshold and if so, cleans up the previous     connection. If the previous connection happens to be in the handshake phase and fails, QEMU cleans up the     connection again, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference issue. This could allow a remote unauthenticated     client to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-3354)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6567-1 advisory.

    Gaoning Pan and Xingwei Li discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the USB xHCI controller device. A     privileged guest attacker could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of     service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14394)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the TCG Accelerator. A local attacker could use this issue     to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code and esclate     privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-24165)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Intel HD audio device. A malicious guest attacker     could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3611)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the ATI VGA device. A malicious guest attacker could use     this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04     LTS. (CVE-2021-3638)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the VMWare paravirtual RDMA device. A malicious guest     attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-1544)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the 9p passthrough filesystem. A malicious guest attacker     could possibly use this issue to open special files and escape the exported 9p tree. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-2861)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtual crypto device. A malicious guest attacker     could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary     code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3180)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the built-in VNC server. A remote authenticated attacker     could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3255)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled net device hot-unplugging. A malicious guest attacker     could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3301)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the built-in VNC server. A remote attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu     20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3354)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled NVME devices. A malicious guest attacker could use this     issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10.
    (CVE-2023-40360)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled NVME devices. A malicious guest attacker could use this     issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
    This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-4135)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SCSI devices. A malicious guest attacker could use this     issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04 and     Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-42467)

    It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain disk offsets. A malicious guest attacker could     possibly use this issue to gain control of the host in certain nested virtualization scenarios.
    (CVE-2023-5088)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-12855 advisory.

    - storage: Fix returning of locked objects from 'virStoragePoolObjListSearch' (Peter Krempa) [Orabug:
    35644221] {CVE-2023-3750}
    - virpci: Resolve leak in virPCIVirtualFunctionList cleanup (Tim Shearer) [Orabug: 35395469]     {CVE-2023-2700}
    - virtio-crypto: verify src&dst buffer length for sym request (zhenwei pi) [Orabug: 35683774]     {CVE-2023-3180}
    - io: remove io watch if TLS channel is closed during handshake (Daniel P. Berrange) [Orabug: 35683826]     {CVE-2023-3354}
    - ui/vnc-clipboard: fix infinite loop in inflate_buffer (CVE-2023-3255) (Mauro Matteo Cascella) [Orabug:
    35683770] {CVE-2023-3255}
    - hw/scsi/lsi53c895a: Fix reentrancy issues in the LSI controller (CVE-2023-0330) (Thomas Huth) [Orabug:
    35683817] {CVE-2023-0330}
    - vhost-vdpa: do not cleanup the vdpa/vhost-net structures if peer nic is present (Ani Sinha) [Orabug:
    35649138] {CVE-2023-3301}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-68df3f4b02 advisory.

    Rebase to qemu 7.2.5

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3234-1 advisory.

  - A potential stack overflow via infinite loop issue was found in various NIC emulators of QEMU in versions     up to and including 5.2.0. The issue occurs in loopback mode of a NIC wherein reentrant DMA checks get     bypassed. A guest user/process may use this flaw to consume CPU cycles or crash the QEMU process on the     host resulting in DoS scenario. (CVE-2021-3416) (CVE-2023-2861)

  - A design error vulnerability exists in Qemu. The error occurs due to the incorrect cleanup of the     vdpa/vhost-net structures if peer nic is present. (CVE-2023-3301)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3082-1 advisory.

  - A vulnerability in the lsi53c895a device affects the latest version of qemu. A DMA-MMIO reentrancy problem     may lead to memory corruption bugs like stack overflow or use-after-free. (CVE-2023-0330)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198009	Oracle Linux 8 : virt:ol / and / virt-devel:rhel (ELSA-2024-2962)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
197771	RHEL 8 : virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RHSA-2024:2962)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
196971	Rocky Linux 9 : qemu-kvm (RLSA-2024:2135)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
195037	Oracle Linux 9 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2024-2135)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
194756	RHEL 9 : qemu-kvm (RHSA-2024:2135)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
188964	EulerOS Virtualization 2.11.1 : qemu (EulerOS-SA-2023-3064)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
188772	EulerOS Virtualization 2.11.0 : qemu (EulerOS-SA-2023-3082)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
187683	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : QEMU vulnerabilities (USN-6567-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
182741	Oracle Linux 8 : kvm_utils3 (ELSA-2023-12855)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
180225	Fedora 38 : qemu (2023-68df3f4b02)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
179577	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2023:3234-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
179196	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2023:3082-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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