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RHEL 6 : qemu-kvm (RHSA-2019:2892)
high Nessus Plugin ID 129332
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for qemu-kvm.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2892 advisory.Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM.
Security Fix(es):
* QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow while reassembling fragmented datagrams (CVE-2018-11806)
* QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow in tcp_emu() (CVE-2019-6778)
* QEMU: ne2000: integer overflow leads to buffer overflow issue (CVE-2018-10839)
* QEMU: pcnet: integer overflow leads to buffer overflow (CVE-2018-17962)
* QEMU: qxl: null pointer dereference while releasing spice resources (CVE-2019-12155)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL qemu-kvm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:2892.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?f2795429
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2892
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1581013
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1586245
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1636773
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 129332
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2892.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 9/25/2019
Updated: 11/6/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.3
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, 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
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
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