SUSE SLES15 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1245-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148752

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for qemu fixes the following issues :

Fix OOB access in sm501 device emulation (CVE-2020-12829, bsc#1172385)

Fix OOB access possibility in MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 emulation (CVE-2020-13362 bsc#1172383)

Fix use-after-free in usb xhci packet handling (CVE-2020-25723, bsc#1178934)

Fix use-after-free in usb ehci packet handling (CVE-2020-25084, bsc#1176673)

Fix OOB access in usb hcd-ohci emulation (CVE-2020-25624, bsc#1176682)

Fix infinite loop (DoS) in usb hcd-ohci emulation (CVE-2020-25625, bsc#1176684)

Fix guest triggerable assert in shared network handling code (CVE-2020-27617, bsc#1178174)

Fix infinite loop (DoS) in e1000e device emulation (CVE-2020-28916, bsc#1179468)

Fix OOB access in atapi emulation (CVE-2020-29443, bsc#1181108)

Fix heap overflow in MSIx emulation (CVE-2020-27821, bsc#1179686)

Fix NULL pointer deref. (DoS) in mmio ops (CVE-2020-15469, bsc#1173612)

Fix infinite loop (DoS) in e1000 device emulation (CVE-2021-20257, bsc#1182577)

Fix OOB access (stack overflow) in rtl8139 NIC emulation (CVE-2021-3416, bsc#1182968)

Fix OOB access (stack overflow) in other NIC emulations (CVE-2021-3416)

Fix OOB access in SLIRP ARP/NCSI packet processing (CVE-2020-29129, bsc#1179466, CVE-2020-29130, bsc#1179467)

Fix NULL pointer dereference possibility (DoS) in MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 emulation (CVE-2020-13659 bsc#1172386)

Fix issue where s390 guest fails to find zipl boot menu index (bsc#1183979)

Fix OOB access in iscsi (CVE-2020-11947 bsc#1180523)

Fix OOB access in vmxnet3 emulation (CVE-2021-20203 bsc#1181639)

Fix package scripts to not use hard-coded paths for temporary working directories and log files (bsc#1182425)

Fix potential privilege escalation in virtfs (CVE-2021-20181 bsc#1182137)

Apply fixes to qemu scsi passthrough with respect to timeout and error conditions, including using more correct status codes. (bsc#1178049)

Fix OOB access in ARM interrupt handling (CVE-2021-20221 bsc#1181933)

Tweaks to spec file for better formatting, and remove not needed BuildRequires for e2fsprogs-devel and libpcap-devel

Fix OOB access possibility in ES1370 audio device emulation (CVE-2020-13361 bsc#1172384)

Fix OOB access in ROM loading (CVE-2020-13765 bsc#1172478)

Fix OOB access while processing USB packets (CVE-2020-14364 bsc#1175441)

Fix DoS in packet processing of various emulated NICs (CVE-2020-16092 bsc#1174641)

Fix buffer overflow in the XGMAC device (CVE-2020-15863 bsc#1174386)

Use '%service_del_postun_without_restart' instead of '%service_del_postun' to avoid 'Failed to try-restart [email protected]' error while updating the qemu-guest-agent.
(bsc#1178565)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Manager Server 4.0 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-1245=1

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-1245=1

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-1245=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-1245=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-1245=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2021-1245=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-1245=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-ESPOS-2021-1245=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-6-2021-1245=1

SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 :

To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. I will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148752

File Name: suse_SU-2021-1245-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/19/2021

Updated: 1/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20181

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-ssh, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-gtk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-gtk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-x86-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-alsa, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-curses-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-s390-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-curl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-oss-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-ssh-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-pa, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-x86, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-pa-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-oss, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-alsa-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-iscsi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-s390

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11947, CVE-2020-12829, CVE-2020-13361, CVE-2020-13362, CVE-2020-13659, CVE-2020-13765, CVE-2020-14364, CVE-2020-15469, CVE-2020-15863, CVE-2020-16092, CVE-2020-25084, CVE-2020-25624, CVE-2020-25625, CVE-2020-25723, CVE-2020-27617, CVE-2020-27821, CVE-2020-28916, CVE-2020-29129, CVE-2020-29130, CVE-2020-29443, CVE-2021-20181, CVE-2021-20203, CVE-2021-20221, CVE-2021-20257, CVE-2021-3416

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