RHEL 7 : qemu-kvm-ma (RHSA-2019:3968)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131376

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for qemu-kvm-ma.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3968 advisory.

- QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow during packet reassembly (CVE-2019-14378)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL qemu-kvm-ma package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:3968.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?23bd9ea7

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3968

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1734745

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131376

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3968.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/27/2019

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14378

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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-img-ma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common-ma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools-ma, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 11/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14378

CWE: 122

RHSA: 2019:3968