RHEL 7 : qemu-kvm-rhev bug fix update (Important) (RHSA-2020:2342)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170294

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2342 advisory.

- QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow during packet reassembly (CVE-2019-14378)

- QEMU: slirp: OOB buffer access while emulating tcp protocols in tcp_emu() (CVE-2020-7039)

- QEMU: Slirp: potential OOB access due to unsafe snprintf() usages (CVE-2020-8608)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170294

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2342.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/23/2023

Updated: 1/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8608

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14378

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common-rhev, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img-rhev

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14378, CVE-2020-7039, CVE-2020-8608

CWE: 122

RHSA: 2020:2342

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