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AlmaLinux 8 : virt:rhel (ALSA-2019:3345)
high Nessus Plugin ID 157624
Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2019:3345 advisory.* ntfs-3g: heap-based buffer overflow leads to local root privilege escalation (CVE-2019-9755)
* QEMU: slirp: information leakage in tcp_emu() due to uninitialized stack variables (CVE-2019-9824)
* QEMU: qxl: null pointer dereference while releasing spice resources (CVE-2019-12155)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 157624
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2019-3345.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 2/9/2022
Updated: 1/13/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9755
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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:alma:linux:netcf-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:sgabios, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libiscsi-utils, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:sgabios-bin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libiscsi-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netcf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libiscsi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netcf-libs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2019