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RHEL 7 : qemu-kvm (RHSA-2018:1416)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 109836
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for qemu-kvm.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1416 advisory.- QEMU: cirrus: OOB access when updating VGA display (CVE-2018-7858)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL qemu-kvm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1416.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b9c7c235
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1416
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 109836
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1416.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/16/2018
Updated: 10/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7858
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-7858