The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-1430 advisory.

    [1.5.3-126.el7_3.9]
    - kvm-spice-fix-spice_chr_add_watch-pre-condition.patch [bz#1452332]
    - Resolves: bz#1452332       (RHEL 7.2 based VM (Virtual Machine) hung for several hours apparently waiting for lock held by     main_loop)

    [1.5.3-126.el7_3.8]
    - kvm-char-change-qemu_chr_fe_add_watch-to-return-unsigned.patch [bz#1452332]
    - Resolves: bz#1452332       (RHEL 7.2 based VM (Virtual Machine) hung for several hours apparently waiting for lock held by     main_loop)

    [1.5.3-126.el7_3.7]
    - kvm-char-serial-cosmetic-fixes.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-char-serial-Use-generic-Fifo8.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-char-serial-serial_ioport_write-Factor-out-common-co.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-char-serial-fix-copy-paste-error-fifo8_is_full-vs-em.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-char-serial-Fix-emptyness-check.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-char-serial-Fix-emptyness-handling.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-serial-poll-the-serial-console-with-G_IO_HUP.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-serial-change-retry-logic-to-avoid-concurrency.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-qemu-char-ignore-flow-control-if-a-PTY-s-slave-is-no.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-serial-check-if-backed-by-a-physical-serial-port-at-.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-serial-reset-thri_pending-on-IER-writes-with-THRI-0.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-serial-clean-up-THRE-TEMT-handling.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-serial-update-LSR-on-enabling-disabling-FIFOs.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-serial-only-resample-THR-interrupt-on-rising-edge-of.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-serial-make-tsr_retry-unsigned.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-serial-simplify-tsr_retry-reset.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-serial-separate-serial_xmit-and-serial_watch_cb.patch [bz#1452332]
    - kvm-serial-remove-watch-on-reset.patch [bz#1452332]
    - Resolves: bz#1452332       (RHEL 7.2 based VM (Virtual Machine) hung for several hours apparently waiting for lock held by     main_loop)

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.

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Oracle Linux 7 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2017-1430)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100776

Version 3.10