Amazon Linux AMI : qemu-kvm (ALAS-2021-1488)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 147918

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of qemu-kvm installed on the remote host is prior to 1.5.3-156.26. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2021-1488 advisory.

An out-of-bound write access flaw was found in the way QEMU loads ROM contents at boot time. This flaw occurs in the rom_copy() routine while loading the contents of a 32-bit -kernel image into memory. Running an untrusted -kernel image may load contents at arbitrary memory locations, potentially leading to code execution with the privileges of the QEMU process. (CVE-2020-13765)

An assertion failure flaw was found in QEMU in the network packet processing component. This issue affects the e1000e and vmxnet3 network devices. This flaw allows a malicious guest user or process to abort the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-16092)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update qemu-kvm' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 147918

File Name: ala_ALAS-2021-1488.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/20/2021

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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-2020-13765

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:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13765, CVE-2020-16092

ALAS: 2021-1488

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