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Fedora 28 : 2:qemu / libvirt (2019-6e146a714c) (MDSUM/RIDL) (MFBDS/RIDL/ZombieLoad) (MLPDS/RIDL) (MSBDS/Fallout)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 125299

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Define md-clear CPUID bit.

Assuming an updated host kernel and microcode, the md-clear bit will be automatically exposed to guests using the QEMU '-cpu host' arg, or libvirt 'host-model' or 'host-passthrough' configurations.

Guests using a named CPU model it must be manually updated to add this extra CPU feature.

Resolves CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2019-11091

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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Solution

Update the affected 2:qemu and / or libvirt packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-6e146a714c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 125299

File Name: fedora_2019-6e146a714c.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/21/2019

Updated: 5/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:2:qemu, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libvirt

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2019-11091