The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-2162 advisory.

    - qemu-kvm-i386-define-the-ssbd-CPUID-feature-bit-CVE-2018-3639.patch [bz#1574074]
    - Resolves: bz#1574074       (CVE-2018-3639 qemu-kvm: hw: cpu: speculative store bypass [rhel-6.10.z])
    - Resolves: bz#1553674       (CVE-2018-7858 qemu-kvm: Qemu: cirrus: OOB access when updating vga display [rhel-6])
    - Resolves: bz#1486641       (CVE-2017-13672 qemu-kvm-rhev: Qemu: vga: OOB read access during display update [rhel-6.10])
    - Resolves: bz#1501298       (CVE-2017-15289 qemu-kvm: Qemu: cirrus: OOB access issue in  mode4and5 write functions [rhel-6.10])
    - Resolves: bz#1525939       (CVE-2017-5715 qemu-kvm: hw: cpu: speculative execution branch target injection [rhel-6.10])
    - Resolves: bz#1528024       (CVE-2017-5715 qemu-kvm-rhev: hw: cpu: speculative execution branch target injection [rhel-6.10])
    - Resolves: bz#1534692       (CVE-2018-5683 qemu-kvm: Qemu: Out-of-bounds read in vga_draw_text routine [rhel-6.10])
    - Resolves: bz#1430616       (CVE-2017-2633 qemu-kvm: Qemu: VNC: memory corruption due to unchecked resolution limit [rhel-6.10])
    - Resolves: bz#1430617       (CVE-2017-2633 qemu-kvm-rhev: Qemu: VNC: memory corruption due to unchecked resolution limit     [rhel-6.10])
    - Resolves: bz#1443448       (CVE-2017-7718 qemu-kvm: Qemu: display: cirrus: OOB read access issue [rhel-6.10])
    - Resolves: bz#1443450       (CVE-2017-7718 qemu-kvm-rhev: Qemu: display: cirrus: OOB read access issue [rhel-6.10])
    - Resolves: bz#1444378       (CVE-2017-7980 qemu-kvm: Qemu: display: cirrus: OOB r/w access issues in bitblt routines [rhel-6.10])
    - Resolves: bz#1444380       (CVE-2017-7980 qemu-kvm-rhev: Qemu: display: cirrus: OOB r/w access issues in bitblt routines     [rhel-6.10])
    - Resolves: bz#1447542       (CVE-2016-9603 qemu-kvm: Qemu: cirrus: heap buffer overflow via vnc connection [rhel-6.10])

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 6 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2018-2162)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 110995

Version 1.6

Version 1.5

Version 1.6 Oct 23, 2024, 12:00 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202410230000
Version 1.5 Sep 5, 2024, 8:16 AM CVSSv2 score source (set to "CVE-2018-3639") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 5.5) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N") Plugin Feed: 202409050816