Debian DLA-1646-1 : qemu security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 121436

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were found in QEMU, a fast processor emulator :

CVE-2018-17958

The rtl8139 emulator is affected by an integer overflow and subsequent buffer overflow. This vulnerability might be triggered by remote attackers with crafted packets to perform denial of service (via OOB stack buffer access).

CVE-2018-19364

The 9pfs subsystem is affected by a race condition allowing threads to modify an fid path while it is being accessed by another thread, leading to (for example) a use-after-free outcome. This vulnerability might be triggered by local attackers to perform denial of service.

CVE-2018-19489

The 9pfs subsystem is affected by a race condition during file renaming. This vulnerability might be triggered by local attackers to perform denial of service.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u9.

We recommend that you upgrade your qemu packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00023.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/qemu

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121436

File Name: debian_DLA-1646.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/30/2019

Updated: 6/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17958

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-user, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-sparc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-x86, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-mips, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-user-binfmt, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-user-static, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-ppc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-guest-agent, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-misc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-arm

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17958, CVE-2018-19364, CVE-2018-19489