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Oracle Linux 6 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2019-2892)

high Nessus Plugin ID 129329

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2892 advisory.

 - Resolves: bz#1586251 (CVE-2018-11806 qemu-kvm: QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow while reassembling fragmented datagrams [rhel-6.10.z])
 - Resolves: bz#1636415 (CVE-2018-10839 qemu-kvm: Qemu: ne2000: integer overflow leads to buffer overflow issue [rhel-6])
 - Resolves: bz#1636774 (CVE-2018-17962 qemu-kvm: Qemu: pcnet: integer overflow leads to buffer overflow [rhel-6])
 - Resolves: bz#1669066 (CVE-2019-6778 qemu-kvm: QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow in tcp_emu() [rhel-6.10.z])

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-2019-2892.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129329

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2892.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2019

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11806

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-guest-agent, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10839, CVE-2018-11806, CVE-2018-17962, CVE-2019-12155, CVE-2019-6778

RHSA: 2019:2892