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GLSA-201706-03 : QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 100630

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201706-03 (QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker might cause a Denial of Service or gain escalated privileges from a guest VM.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/qemu-2.9.0-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 100630

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201706-03.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Published: 6/6/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:qemu, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9603, CVE-2017-7377, CVE-2017-7471, CVE-2017-7493, CVE-2017-7718, CVE-2017-7980, CVE-2017-8086, CVE-2017-8112, CVE-2017-8309, CVE-2017-8379, CVE-2017-8380, CVE-2017-9060, CVE-2017-9310, CVE-2017-9330

GLSA: 201706-03