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Oracle Linux 7 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2018-0816)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109106

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-0816 advisory.

 - Resolves: bz#1518711 (CVE-2017-15268 qemu-kvm: Qemu: I/O: potential memory exhaustion via websock connection to VNC [rhel-7.5])
 - Resolves: bz#1527405 (CVE-2017-15124 qemu-kvm: Qemu: memory exhaustion through framebuffer update request message in VNC server [rhel-7.5])
 - Resolves: bz#1534691 (CVE-2018-5683 qemu-kvm: Qemu: Out-of-bounds read in vga_draw_text routine [rhel-7.5])
 - kvm-target-i386-cpu-add-new-CPUID-bits-for-indirect-bran.patch [CVE-2017-5715]
 - kvm-target-i386-add-support-for-SPEC_CTRL-MSR.patch [CVE-2017-5715]
 - kvm-target-i386-cpu-add-new-CPU-models-for-indirect-bran.patch [CVE-2017-5715]
 - Resolves: bz#1508745 (CVE-2017-13711 qemu-kvm: Qemu: Slirp: use-after-free when sending response [rhel-7.5])
 - Resolves: bz#1501121 (CVE-2017-14167 qemu-kvm: Qemu: i386: multiboot OOB access while loading kernel image [rhel-7.5])
 - Resolves: bz#1501295 (CVE-2017-15289 qemu-kvm: Qemu: cirrus: OOB access issue in mode4and5 write functions [rhel-7.5])
 - Resolves: bz#1486642 (CVE-2017-13672 qemu-kvm: Qemu: vga: OOB read access during display update [rhel-7.5])
 - Resolves: bz#1466463 (CVE-2017-10664 qemu-kvm: Qemu: qemu-nbd: server breaks with SIGPIPE upon client abort [rhel-7.5])

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-0816.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109106

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-0816.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2018

Updated: 10/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15124

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15268

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-common, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-tools

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-13672, CVE-2017-13711, CVE-2017-15124, CVE-2017-15268, CVE-2018-5683

RHSA: 2018:0816