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AlmaLinux 8 : virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALSA-2022:7472)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167461

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-2022:7472 advisory.

 * QEMU: fdc: heap buffer overflow in DMA read data transfers (CVE-2021-3507)
 * libvirt: missing locking in nwfilterConnectNumOfNWFilters can lead to denial of service (CVE-2022-0897)
 * libguestfs: Buffer overflow in get_keys leads to DoS (CVE-2022-2211)
 * swtpm: Unchecked header size indicator against expected size (CVE-2022-23645)

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

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-7472.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167461

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-7472.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 11/15/2022

Updated: 1/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3507

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-libnbd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-hivex, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-tar-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libnbd-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-hivex, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ocaml-libnbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:sgabios, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby-hivex, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-tar-filter, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ocaml-hivex, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libiscsi-utils, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-example-plugins, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-python-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ocaml-libnbd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-vddk-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netcf-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-basic-plugins, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-gzip-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-sys-virt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-curl-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-basic-filters, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:sgabios-bin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdfuse, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libnbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netcf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netcf-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:slof, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-gzip-filter, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-dbus, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libiscsi-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:hivex, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-ssh-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-xz-filter, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-linuxdisk-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ocaml-hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-winsupport, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-server, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-tmpdisk-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-nbd-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libiscsi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libnbd

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: 11/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3507, CVE-2022-0897, CVE-2022-2211, CVE-2022-23645

CWE: 119, 125, 667