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Debian DSA-4616-1 : qemu - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 133419

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two security issues have been found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU, a fast processor emulator, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the qemu packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u9.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u4.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/qemu

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

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4616

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 133419

File Name: debian_DSA-4616.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/3/2020

Updated: 3/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7039

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1711

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15890, CVE-2020-1711, CVE-2020-7039

DSA: 4616