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Oracle Linux 6 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2020-1403)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135379

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-1403 advisory.

 [0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.7]
 - kvm-slirp-disable-tcp_emu.patch [bz#1791680]
 - kvm-slirp-add-slirp_fmt-helpers.patch [bz#1798966]
 - kvm-tcp_emu-fix-unsafe-snprintf-usages.patch [bz#1798966]
 - Resolves: bz#1791680 (QEMU: Slirp: disable emulation of tcp programs like ftp IRC etc. [rhel-6])
 - Resolves: bz#1798966 (CVE-2020-8608 qemu-kvm: QEMU: Slirp: potential OOB access due to unsafe snprintf() usages [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 this issue 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-2020-1403.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135379

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-1403.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2020

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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-2020-8608

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8608

RHSA: 2020:1403