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NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : qemu Vulnerability (NS-SA-2023-0004)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 171705

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has qemu packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the LSI53C895A SCSI Host Bus Adapter emulation of QEMU. The flaw occurs while processing repeated messages to cancel the current SCSI request via the lsi_do_msgout function. This flaw allows a malicious privileged user within the guest to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-0216)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL qemu packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2023-0004

http://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2022-0216

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 171705

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2023-0004_qemu.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/21/2023

Updated: 9/1/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0216

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:qemu, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:qemu-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:qemu-common, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:qemu-tools, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0216